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From Pandemic to Epidemic: A Front Line Perspective on COVID-19 and the Opioid Crisis

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Joy Somogyi Senior Director of Product Marketing and Development, Omnicell With two million people suffering from opioid addiction and 115 people dying from an opioid overdose every day in the U.S., Tools that relieve the pressures of diversion will give these teams more time to focus on patient care during these challenging times.

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The Journey to Zero-Error Medication Management

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Scott Seidelmann EVP and Chief Commercial Officer, Omnicell As COVID-19 continues to impact healthcare across the care continuum, the need for solutions designed to help providers achieve greater visibility, control costs, and better manage an increasingly complex pharmacy supply chain is more important than ever.

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Ensuring Medication Safety Through Automation Designed to Support ISMP Best Practices

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Len Hom Director, Product Marketing, Omnicell According to the Food and Drug Administration, almost 1.5 As these errors continue to be a major challenge and cost concern for health system pharmacy, careful monitoring and intervention is needed to help oversee medication management, including administration workflows and inventory management.

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Why Community Pharmacy Is the Future of Patient Care

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By automating the manual, paper-based processes of scheduling, consent collection, patient outreach and registry reporting, CareScheduler enables pharmacists to efficiently manage their vaccination programs, empowering pharmacists to shift focus to more value-based care services.

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Omnicell and Fresenius Kabi Join Forces to Improve Controlled Substance Management

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Through a new collaboration between Omnicell and Fresenius Kabi, a global healthcare company focusing on infusion, transfusion, and clinical nutrition, health systems now have new options to manage controlled substances better, reduce diversion, and save nursing time.

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Transitioning Nursing Focus Back to Patients: Improving Medication Workflows

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Juliana Linsdell Nurse Consultant, Omnicell Nursing is a healthcare profession that represents the cross section of art and science, heart and mind, and the ability to balance rigorous treatment standards with the subjective experience of a patient’s physical and emotional needs.

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Facing the Nursing Shortage Head-on

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Sabrina Cole, PharmD, MBA Director, Autonomous Pharmacy Advisory Board, Omnicell Hospitals in approximately 40 states have reported critical labor shortages, while hospitals in all 50 states anticipate being short-staffed within a few weeks. For example, automating controlled substance administration protects nurses and patients alike.