Omnicell, Inc., a leader in transforming the pharmacy and nursing care delivery model, has officially announced the launch of several new products, each one designed to streamline workflows; as well as enhance inventory visibility and management across perioperative and clinic settings.
According to certain reports, these products will effectively expand Omnicell’s connected platform to automate medication management processes and deliver intelligent insights, all for the purpose of driving better clinical and operational outcomes in around care-centric environments.
“As healthcare facilities face ongoing staffing shortages and enterprise expansion, we believe resulting disconnected systems and processes introduce opportunities for error and risk,” said Nish Parekh, senior vice president and chief product officer at Omnicell. “Omnicell is focused on delivering scalable solutions that are designed to grow visibility, enhance intelligence, and streamline workflows, ultimately helping to close gaps in medication management across the care continuum.”
Talk about these products on a slightly deeper level, we begin from Omnicell’s all-new MedTrack RFID solution, which enjoys an industry-leading ability to provide enhanced visibility of tagged medications. On top of it, when incorporated into existing pharmacy automation, the underlying technology can also go a long distance to conceive more efficient workflows, while simultaneously cutting down on medication errors, stockouts, waste, and cost.
More on the same would reveal how this solution arrives disguised as a single-deep drawer, built to support operating room workflows, and at the same time, automatically track non-controlled medications without disrupting the original proceedings
Such a mechanism should empower providers to focus on patient care versus documentation. It should also facilitate a ‘grab-and-go’ medication dispensing workflow. Hence, in the event of surgical emergencies, MedTrack OR can seamlessly provide access to essential medications, while simultaneously updating Anesthesia WorkStation inventory counts once the user logs out.
All in all, by automating this layer of medication tracking, the technology is expected to help clinical teams enhance provider satisfaction and patient safety.
Next up, we have Omnicell’s MediVision solution. This one would be a web-enabled software product focused on delivering workflows and inventory management tools to let health system’s outpatient clinics restock medications directly from central pharmacies or Centralized Services Centers (CSCs).
Achieving that on the back of real-time clinic medication inventory data, the solution is also capable of automatically reordering from the central pharmacy or CSC when established par levels get low.
Apart from it, the software in question brings forth mobile device support for on-the-go inventory management in clinic storerooms and an optional integration with Epic medication administration record (MAR), which is built to automatically update inventory when a medication is administered from the electronic health record.
“MedVision helps us optimize medication procurement for our clinics,” says Brandon McLain, Associate Vice President of Pharmacy Operations at Baptist Health. “The software allows our clinics to order medications in individual unit doses, something we were unable to do through our wholesalers, which helps us reduce costs and waste. The automatic reordering functionality also ensures our clinic nurses and medical assistants don’t have to worry about the drug procurement side of the business, keeping them focused on patient care.”
Rounding up highlights would be the Omnicell Innovation Lab. Located in Austin, Texas, this particular lab is geared towards delivering opportunities that, on their part, will make healthcare operations more efficient and drive improved clinical outcomes.
Founded in 1992, Omnicell’s rise up the ranks stems from changing the whole landscape of pharmacy and nursing. The company has markedly clocked that feat by deploying robotics and smart devices, intelligent software workflows, as well as data and analytics, all optimized by expert services.
Omnicell’s excellence in what it does can be understood once you consider it is enabling a vast assortment of clients to uncover cost savings, improve labor efficiency, establish new revenue streams, enhance supply chain control, support compliance, and move closer to the industry-defined vision of the Autonomous Pharmacy.
