University of Chicago Medical Center to Implement Omnicell Solution

New Solution Will Increase Medication Safety

Omnicell announced that the University of Chicago Medical Center will implement a decentralized drug dispensing model using Omnicell solutions. The 532-bed UCMC is rapidly growing to better serve patients, and will open its newest hospital pavilion in 2013. The expansion will feature the introduction of the new Omnicell G4 platform into nursing units throughout the Medical Center.

The installation will include Omnicell Inventory Management Carousels with WorkflowRx™ software for comprehensive medication inventory management, as well as Omnicell automated dispensing systems to help streamline pharmacy and nursing workflow efficiency.

Omnicell solutions are designed to integrate with the Center's computerized physician order entry (CPOE), allowing decentralized pharmacists to facilitate more efficient medication administration. UCMC chose the decentralized pharmacy practice model after an extensive review of the workflows and total cost of ownership of their previous central fill, robot system for medication administration. UCMC estimates that implementing a decentralized pharmacy practice model will result in reallocating 22,000 annual nursing hours back to patient care and away from time spent trying to locate and account for medications.

"Omnicell has designed their products to maximize medication safety and workflow efficiency," said Dave Hicks RPh, MBA, vice president and chief pharmacy officer at the University of Chicago Medical Center. "We reviewed the feature and functionality benefits of the leading competitive solutions, and we believe the new Omnicell G4 platform is a very appealing technology."


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AtlanticCare Regional Medical Center Selects Talyst Pharmacy Automation System

AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center's Atlantic City Campus has selected a new enterprise-class software and hardware components by Talyst.The pharmacy automation deployment will improve patient safety and inventory control across its health system.

The automated technologies by Talyst will manage the complete pharmacy inventory from arrival in the pharmacy to the patient care area. At Talyst, one of our main goals is developing automated technology that helps eliminate medication errors," said Carla Corkern, Chief Executive Officer at Talyst. "We are committed to our customers and dedicated to delivering high-level enterprise class solutions."

"We continuously assess our dispensing processes and are always seeking ways to further enhance the quality and safety of our medication delivery to support patient care," said Pete Venuti, Director of Pharmacy Informatics at ARMC. "Talyst's products assist with pharmacy inventory control and support our high standards in regards to medication safety."

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