MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.,
April 9, 2015 /PRNewswire/
-- Omnicell, Inc., (NASDAQ:OMCL) announced that Hackensack
University Medical Center (HackensackUMC) has successfully
demonstrated interoperability between their Omnicell automated
dispensing cabinet (ADC) system and the hospital's Epic electronic
health record (EHR). By eliminating unnecessary redundancies during
medication ordering, nurses now have easier and faster access to
patient data to help deliver the highest quality of care in the
most timely manner.
HackensackUMC's implementation of this integration was
championed by various members of hospital leadership, including
nursing informatics and pharmacy management. The new solution
integrates two separate operations into one application, the EHR.
With a single login nurses can preselect medications to be
removed from the cabinet, check availability of medications in real
time in the cabinet, and even document waste from the interoperable
EHR.
Nurses are responsible for interacting with the automated
medication dispensing cabinets, and research has shown that 33% of
the time they spend at the cabinets can be eliminated if true
interoperability between systems could be achieved.i
Hackensack anticipates the "new-found time" enabled by streamlining
the medication order process may support increased time for nurses
to interact with patients. Integration also has patient safety
implications. Half of nurses surveyed said they have witnessed a
medical error because of lack of device
coordination.ii
"We are excited to be leading innovation in interoperability and
implementing a solution that should establish a new gold standard
around the delivery of patient care in a timely manner," said
Nilesh Desai, director of pharmacy
at HackensackUMC. "Now with any networked device, nurses will be
able to easily interface with the complete medication management
system within one application at the patient's bedside, exactly
where we want them to spend their time. I look forward to
highlighting the true clinical care benefits of this
interoperability during my presentation at HIMSS 2015 in
Chicago."
The interoperability implemented at HackensackUMC will be
featured at HIMSS 2015 in the following areas and activities:
- Omnicell Booth #1802
- The Interoperability Showcase Booth #2084-28: Omnicell will
demonstrate seamless interoperability with other vendors in the
medication dispensing process, including exchange and use of data
directly through the Epic Hyperspace application.
- The Intelligent Health Pavilion Booth #6656-29
- Intelligent Health Pavilion Theater: Nilesh Desai will highlight HackensackUMC's new
integration in a presentation titled "Workflow Optimization through
Interoperability" on Monday, April 13
at 4 p.m. CT.
Dr. Shafiq Rab, vice president
and chief information officer of HackensackUMC's Information
Technology said; "At HackensackUMC, we care about one thing most of
all and that is the patient. Everything we do is to ensure the
patient receives the highest quality care by providing clinicians
with the right information at the right time in the right format
and in the right location to make the right decision. Enabling the
interoperability between Omnicell and Epic is essential to our
mission."
"It is incumbent upon us as an industry leader to meet the needs
of our hospital customers with solutions that deliver on their
promise of improving patient care and at the same time work well
with other IT systems in their ecosystem," said Jorge Taborga, executive vice president,
Engineering at Omnicell. "As we engage the various stakeholders
within hospitals, all share the common request, 'Can Omnicell
deliver solutions that are interoperable?' We are proud to answer
yes!"
The following additional Omnicell interoperability
demonstrations can be seen at HIMSS 2015:
- Omnicell Booth #1802: In addition to demonstrating
interoperability with the two leading EHR systems, Pandora
analytics will be featured, which aggregates data from several
Omnicell medication and supply automation systems.
- The Intelligent Health Pavilion Booth #6656-29:
- Interoperability of the Omnicell Anesthesia Workstations and
Codonics Safe Label System aids in improving workflow and patient
safety in the operating room by reducing steps that do not add
clinical value. The integration of the two systems, which
improves inventory control and charge capture with bar code
scanning technology, can be seen in the Operating Room Use
Case.
- The OptiFlex point-of-use supply management system used
to manage pre-sorted general supplies for each patient will also be
featured in the OR.
- The Savvy mobile medication workstation is included in the ICU
Use Case, allowing the nurse to queue up medications at the patient
bedside.
- The Omnicell M5000 will be featured in the Outpatient Pharmacy
Use Case as the first pharmacy automation system used to pack
multi-medication blister cards, which promote medication
adherence.
About Hackensack University Medical Center
HackensackUMC, a nonprofit teaching and research hospital
located in Bergen County, NJ, is
the largest provider of inpatient and outpatient services in the
state. Founded in 1888 as the county's first hospital, it is the
flagship hospital of Hackensack University Health Network, one of
the largest health networks in the state comprised of 1,250 beds,
nearly 10,000 employees and 2,700 credentialed physicians.
HackensackUMC was listed as the number one hospital in New Jersey in the U.S. News & World
Report's Best Hospital rankings for 2014-15. It is one of the top
30 hospitals in the nation by receiving 11 national specialty
rankings, including a national ranking for the Joseph M. Sanzari
Children's Hospital in Neurology and Neurosurgery in the 2014-15
Best Children's Hospitals. The children's hospital is housed with
the Donna A. Sanzari Women's Hospital in the Sarkis and Siran
Gabrellian Women's and Children's Pavilion, which was designed with
The Deirdre Imus Environmental Health Center, and was included on
the Green Guide's list of Top 10 Green Hospitals in the U.S.
HackensackUMC is one of Healthgrades America's 50 Best Hospitals™
for nine years in a row, and received the Healthgrades
Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence™ 13 years in a
row. The medical center has also been named a Leapfrog Top
Hospital, and received 23 Gold Seals of Approval™ by the Joint
Commission – more than any other hospital in the country. It was
the first hospital in New Jersey
and second in the nation to become a Magnet® recognized hospital
for nursing excellence; receiving its fifth consecutive designation
in 2014. HackensackUMC is the Hometown Hospital of the New York
Giants and the New York Red Bulls and was Official Medical Services
Provider to The Barclays PGA Golf Tournament and the NY/NJ Super
Bowl XLVIII Host Committee. It remains committed to its community
through fundraising and community events.
To learn more, visit:
www.HackensackUMC.org.
About Omnicell
Since 1992, Omnicell (NASDAQ: OMCL) has been creating new
efficiencies to improve patient care, anywhere it is delivered.
Omnicell is a leading supplier of comprehensive automation and
business analytics software for patient-centric medication and
supply management across the entire health care continuum—from the
acute care hospital setting to post-acute skilled nursing and
long-term care facilities to the home.
More than 3,000 customers worldwide have utilized Omnicell
Automation and Analytics solutions to increase operational
efficiency, reduce errors, deliver actionable intelligence and
improve patient safety. Omnicell Medication Adherence solutions,
including its MTS Medication Technologies brand, provide innovative
medication adherence packaging solutions to help reduce costly
hospital readmissions. In addition, these solutions enable
approximately 6,000 institutional and retail pharmacies worldwide
to maintain high accuracy and quality standards in medication
dispensing and administration while optimizing productivity and
controlling costs.
For more information about Omnicell, Inc. please visit
www.omnicell.com.
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i South Jersey Healthcare. Vineland, NJ. Data from cabinet log
analysis. (2009)
ii West Health Institute. (2015). Nurses Say
Medical Errors Could Be Reduced If Devices Were Connected, West
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