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Why Innovative Hospitals Like Sentara Are Fully Automating Their Central Pharmacy

Omnicell

Director, Product Marketing, Omnicell Hospitals that continue to manually manage medications in the central pharmacy are playing a dangerous game. The XR2 system was instrumental in helping the hospital pharmacy shift from purchasing bulk medications to manufacturer unit-dose packaging forms. Dennis Wright Sr.

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Illuminate 2021 – Common Medication Safety Hazards with Automated Dispensing Cabinets

Omnicell

Len Hom Director, Product Marketing, Omnicell While there are many benefits to using automated dispensing cabinets (ADCs), such as increased inventory control and efficiency in drug dispensing practices, limits on configuration and functionality combined with underutilization of safety procedures can pose serious risks.

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How the XR2 System Reduced Dispensing Errors by 92% for Summa Health

Omnicell

XR2 offered two key advantages – flexibility to support multiple distribution models including centralized, decentralized, or hybrid, and the ability to store and dispense many different form factors in their native manufacturer packaging. One of the most exciting features of XR2 is the dispensing accuracy.

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Technology + Service = Pharmacy Success

Omnicell

Omnicell’s Central Pharmacy Dispensing Service includes a fully trained on-site technician to operate the XR2 central pharmacy robot and provide ongoing tactical guidance and best practices to the rest of the pharmacy team. The labor issues have forced us to look at our pain points and find a way to optimize the technology.

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A Matter of Medication Distribution Models

Omnicell

With the cartless model, most patient medications are stored and dispensed from automated dispensing systems in patient care areas. Donna discussed the two significant challenges they faced: substantial medication delays by over 90 minutes, and packaging bulk medications into barcoded doses leading to an annual cost of $200,000.

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Omnicell and Fresenius Kabi Join Forces to Improve Controlled Substance Management

Omnicell

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.