CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, Nov. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Health Enterprises Cooperative has signed a three-year sole-source agreement with Omnicell, Inc. for Omnicell’s MedGuard patient safety technologies for the hospital medication-use process.
The agreement, which took effect Oct. 15, covers 17 hospitals, including 16 in Iowa and one in Illinois.
Omnicell’s MedGuard line of solutions for the medication-use process includes systems for physician order management, automated pharmacy retrieval, bar code medication packaging, medication dispensing, and nursing workflow automation with bar code medication administration.
About Health Enterprises Cooperative
Health Enterprises Cooperative is a hospital alliance which offers many services to help its members and clients reduce costs while maintaining quality, affordable healthcare delivery in a community-based setting. Through mobile diagnostics, therapy services, group purchasing, medical waste services, leasing, and consulting services, Health Enterprises delivers “just what the doctor ordered” to healthcare organizations in Iowa and throughout the upper Midwest. For more information, visit http://www.healthenterprises.org/.
About Omnicell
Established in 1992, Omnicell is a leading provider of patient safety solutions preferred by nurses. Improving patient care by enhancing operational efficiency, Omnicell solutions are used throughout the healthcare facility -- in the pharmacy, nursing units, surgical services, cath lab, and all the way to the patient’s bedside. The company’s MedGuard line of solutions for the medication-use process includes systems for physician order management, automated pharmacy retrieval, medication packaging, medication dispensing, and nursing workflow automation with bar code medication administration. For the medical-surgical supply chain, Omnicell’s OptiFlex(TM) product line provides open bar code systems, cabinet-based supply management, integrated open and cabinet-based systems, and Web-based procurement. More than 1,500 healthcare facilities use Omnicell solutions to help reduce medication errors, operate more efficiently, and decrease costs -- ultimately contributing to improved clinical and financial outcomes. For more information, visit http://www.omnicell.com/.
Omnicell, Inc.
CONTACT: Bruce Lewis of Lewis & Summers Public Relations,+1-707-964-3844 or bruce@prwebsite.com, for Omnicell, Inc.
Web site: http://www.omnicell.com/