BELLEVUE, Wash., Aug. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Overlake Hospital Medical Center, rated in an independent healthcare consumer survey of local residents as the top Puget Sound area hospital in 14 healthcare categories, including best overall quality, has purchased Omnicell(R) PharmacyCentral, an automated pharmacy storage and retrieval system, from Omnicell, Inc. , a leading provider of patient safety solutions preferred by nurses.
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Omnicell PharmacyCentral enables hospital pharmacies to manage medication inventory in the central pharmacy while reducing medication errors, streamlining workflow for greater efficiency, and improving inventory control.
Overlake’s installation of Omnicell PharmacyCentral, Omnicell’s 26th nationwide and first on the West Coast, will be completed in September.
Medication Safety
Combining the benefits of an automated medication carousel system with bar code technology and sophisticated distribution and workflow management software, Omnicell PharmacyCentral will help Overlake pharmacists ensure that the right medications are stored in and retrieved from the right locations, both in the central pharmacy and in automated dispensing cabinets. Omnicell automated dispensing cabinets were installed last year.
“We expect Omnicell PharmacyCentral to improve the efficiency of the central hospital pharmacy, providing us with a perpetual inventory control system, and laying the foundation for providing bedside bar coding with the objective of reducing errors throughout the medication-use process,” said Ted Neal, director of pharmacy for Overlake.
About Overlake Hospital Medical Center
Overlake Hospital Medical Center is a 337-bed, not-for-profit regional medical center offering a full range of advanced medical services to the Puget Sound Region. Overlake is the only Level III Trauma Center in eastern Puget Sound. The hospital is distinguished for its cardiac services and its award- winning surgical services. Overlake has been ranked as a top 100 heart program in the country and is rated as a top performer in the state of Washington. Major service areas include: cardiac surgery, cardiology, surgical services, cancer center, women’s and children’s services, childbirth center, Level III NICU, behavioral health, senior care, sleep disorders center and women’s clinic. Overlake is also involved in several national clinical trials. Overlake Hospital Medical Center employs more than 2,200 people and has more than 800 active and courtesy physicians on staff. For more information, visit the hospital’s Web site at http://www.overlakehospital.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(TM) 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/.
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