Omnicell

JANUARY 10, 2023

James Stevenson PharmD, FASHP, Chief Clinical Officer, Omnicell The United States faces a shortage of physicians – expected to reach approximately 139,000 by 2030. Yet studies show that only about 25 percent of their time is spent on clinical services for patients.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Mary Selzo, RPh Practicing Pharmacist and Senior Clinical Product Manager, Omnicell The operating room is one of the most intense and dynamic environments in any health system. Omnicell’s automated dispensing technology is saving up to 20 percent of time spent at the cabinet through new waste workflows (based on Omnicell customer data).

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Omnicell

JANUARY 10, 2023

Greg Haas Senior Manager, Product Marketing Staffing is the number one problem facing employers today, especially hospitals and health systems. Central Pharmacy automation eliminates manual tasks like picking and stocking medications, allowing you and your staff to focus on higher value tasks that directly impact patient care.

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Omnicell

JANUARY 10, 2023

Len Hom Director, Product Marketing, Omnicell One of the most significant challenges facing businesses today is staffing, with healthcare particularly hard hit. In a recent survey , Hospital CEOs' top concern wasn't finances for the first time in almost a decade. This is not a new problem. It's now about labor shortages.

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Omnicell

JANUARY 10, 2023

Director, Central Pharmacy Product Marketing, Omnicell IV automation technology combined with robust expert services is a game-changer for reducing drug spend while enhancing patient safety. Studies have shown that one out of every ten can put patients at risk. Register today at Omnicell Illuminate 2021. Dennis Wright Sr.

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Omnicell

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

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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Omnicell

JANUARY 10, 2023

Joy Somogyi Senior Director, Product Marketing, Omnicell One of the most renowned health systems in the country, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, is leading the way in research and treatment for childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases. Jude also has unique point of care automation needs. The mission of St.

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Omnicell

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Jennifer Tryon, PharmD, MS, FASHP Associate Vice President and Chief Pharmacy Officer, Wake Forest Baptist Health Every day, the healthcare industry faces new challenges that are impeding goals to deliver quality patient care. The stress of managing more complex systems in the face of higher expectations continues to grow.

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Omnicell

JANUARY 10, 2023

I was first introduced to automated dispensing cabinets for removal of medications when I graduated from nursing school and began working at a hospital in South Carolina. I quickly learned how the automation cabinets provided security and safety for patient care.

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Omnicell

JANUARY 10, 2023

We have four hospitals, three nursing homes, 540 beds, thousands of patients, more than 2,500 employees, and 200 specialists. As we previously mentioned in part one of our Omnicell Blog , Archbold was at a crossroads with our medication management. Omnicell One provided us with the solution. Click the video below.

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Omnicell

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Ken Osborn Senior Director, Product Marketing, Omnicell Latest Innovation in Winter 2020 Release Advances Journey to the Autonomous Pharmacy The need for solutions designed to help customers achieve greater visibility, control costs, and better manage an increasingly complex pharmacy supply chain is more important than ever.

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Omnicell

JANUARY 10, 2023

Dennis Wright Senior Director, Central Pharmacy Product Marketing, Omnicell As one of the early adopters of the vision of Autonomous Pharmacy , Texas Children's Hospital in Houston saw the opportunity for connected automation, intelligent data, and technology-enabled services to drive radical change in their medication management strategy.

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Omnicell

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

billion is forecasted to be spent on electronic health records (EHR) by 2024, many hospitals continue to be burdened with costs. Hospitals spend $563 million in readmissions, $359 million in drug shortages, $800 million in expired medication, and $7.5 That’s time gained to now spend on direct patient care.

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Omnicell

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Toni Fera, Senior Consultant, Pharmacy Consulting International Ask any hospital pharmacist to list his or her number one priority, and they’re likely to say — “patient safety.” Yet this important medication safety step often gets omitted due to immediate patient care needs.

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Omnicell

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Ken Perez Vice President of Healthcare Policy, Omnicell; In Sept. The 340B Drug Pricing Program enables safety-net providers—select hospitals, clinics, and health centers that serve a disproportionate share of poor patients in these urban and rural areas—to buy prescription drugs at discounted prices. 2020, the U.S.

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Omnicell

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Ken Perez, Vice President, Healthcare Policy and Government Affairs for Omnicell The 340B Drug Pricing Program continues to provide life-saving care for millions of Americans. Some of the benefits of the 340B Program are being transferred from safety-net hospitals to private payers.

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Omnicell

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Neil DiBernardo, PharmD, Omnicell Solution Design Pharmacist Consultant The benefits of a fully autonomous pharmacy are widely recognized – reduced medication errors, less waste, improved efficiencies, more opportunity to focus on higher-value patient care. Let’s face it: automation on its own is not enough.

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Omnicell

JANUARY 10, 2023

Anesthesia providers must constantly balance patient care with administrative tasks associated with managing medications in the OR. The answer was employing Omnicell's medication dispensing automation in surgical suites. Omnicell introduced new close-loop accountability that integrates the Anesthesia Workstation with the EHR.

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Omnicell

JANUARY 10, 2023

Many would be surprised by the behind-the-scenes logistics and considerations to moving those medications from the central pharmacy to the point of care. Luke's University Hospital in eastern Pennsylvania. With the cartless model, most patient medications are stored and dispensed from automated dispensing systems in patient care areas.

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Omnicell

JANUARY 10, 2023

Joy Somogyi Senior Director, Product Marketing, Omnicell Modern pharmacists spend nearly a decade training for clinical practice. The lack of automation, especially when it comes to medication management, is keeping pharmacists too far from patient care.

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Omnicell

JANUARY 10, 2023

Our goal was to improve efficiency and patient safety while allowing our pharmacists and technicians to focus more on clinical care. DISCLAIMER The views and opinions expressed in this blog are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of any other agency, organization, employer or company.

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Omnicell

JANUARY 10, 2023

Anesthesia providers need to balance patient care with the administrative tasks that come with managing medication safety. Nilesh Desai Chief Pharmacy Officer, Baptist Health Modern operating rooms are high-pressure environments. At the same time, Pharmacy needs to maintain accountability for the controlled substances being dispensed.

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Omnicell

MARCH 27, 2023

It means more paperwork, more time figuring out how to help patients access affordable medications, more worries about compliance and less time focusing on patient care. According to trade group 340B Health, on average, 25 percent of 340B hospital savings come from contract pharmacy partnerships.

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Omnicell

JANUARY 10, 2023

Despite the Omicron variant, patient volume for elective procedures is expected to rebound and surpass pre-pandemic levels. survey of 100 large private-sector hospitals, inpatient admissions are now back to 2019 levels on average and are expected to increase by 4 percent this year compared to 2019. According to a McKinsey & Co.

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Omnicell

JANUARY 10, 2023

Tara Plappert Product Marketing Manager Hospitals and clinics face a significant challenge when dealing with controlled substances. In 2019, more than 148 million doses of medicine were lost , endangering both patients and employees. And according to the 2019 Drug Diversion Digest , 47.2

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Omnicell

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Juliana Linsdell, BSN, RN Omnicell Nurse Consultant For our customer, Massachusetts General Hospital – the No. 6-ranked hospital in the country by US News & World Report – getting medications from the Central Pharmacy to patient units in seven different buildings involves a lot of walking – and elevators.

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Omnicell

JANUARY 10, 2023

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. And, of course, ever-increasing operational costs.

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Omnicell

MARCH 27, 2023

Michael Korthuis VP of Engineering, Omnicell Data intelligence is nothing new to healthcare. Providers, government, and payers all are leveraging technology to improve efficiency, compliance, affordability, and ultimately patient care.

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Omnicell

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

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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Omnicell

JANUARY 10, 2023

Mary Selzo, RPh Practicing Pharmacist and Senior Clinical Product Manager, Omnicell Automated dispensing cabinets are the backbone of most medication distribution systems, with 95% adoption in nursing units across the U.S. The OR is one of the most dynamic environments across any health system.

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Omnicell

MARCH 27, 2023

Ken Perez Vice President, Healthcare Policy and Government Affairs, Omnicell Nearly every hospital patient receives medications dispensed by pharmacy, and nearly every patient bill includes medications managed by pharmacy. Over the last 12 months, drug spend in the US totaled $576 billion.

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Omnicell

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Ken Perez Vice President, Healthcare Policy and Government Affairs, Omnicell Nearly every hospital patient receives medications dispensed by pharmacy, and nearly every patient bill includes medications managed by pharmacy. Over the last 12 months, drug spend in the US totaled $576 billion.

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Omnicell

JANUARY 10, 2023

Stephanie Gallagher, PharmD, MBA Senior Clinical Product Marketing Manager, Omnicell The sterile compounding industry has been under great scrutiny due to alarming frequency and severity of adverse events from IV compounding, such as the New England Compounding Center catastrophe in 2012.

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Omnicell

JANUARY 10, 2023

dismissed a lawsuit by hospital groups to require HHS to sanction six drug manufacturers that have either stopped providing 340B discounts or placed restrictions on 340B pricing in the contract pharmacy setting. The pharmaceutical industry has been the winner so far on procedural issues.

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