MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.,
May 21, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --
Omnicell, Inc., (NASDAQ: OMCL) today announced the general
availability of its Unity enterprise platform, the premier
medication and supply automation solution for use in a wide range
of patient care venues throughout hospitals and health care
systems. The latest 19.5 release now includes enhanced
interoperability between the Epic electronic health record (EHR)
and the Omnicell® automated dispensing cabinet (ADC) to
meet the needs of health care providers. Through a partnership with
Codonics, the Unity enterprise platform version 19.5 also includes
an interoperable medication safety solution for the operating room
that integrates the Omnicell Anesthesia Workstation with the
Codonics Safe Label System.
As part of the 19.5 software release, Omnicell and Epic
customers will be able to integrate two separate operations into
one application, the 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 when true interoperability between systems is
achieved.i Through the interoperability developed with
Epic at Hackensack University Medical Center, nurses can now login
to the EHR to preselect medications to be removed from the Omnicell
cabinet, check availability of medications in real time in the
cabinet, and even document waste. Watch the video
of Omnicell Interoperable Solutions.
This integration, which was demonstrated at the HIMSS 2015
Conference, streamlines the medication order process, eliminating
redundancies and allows nurses to spend more time on patient
care.
"In central pharmacy, we realized we needed complete integration
between our medication order system and EHR to better serve our
nurses and ensure they are spending the maximum amount of time with
patients, as opposed to administrative tasks," said Nilesh Desai, director of pharmacy at
HackensackUMC. "By developing interoperability with Epic, Omnicell
has created a solution that helps us achieve this goal. Our nurses
love the new integration which enables the remote management of
medications through the health record, their single source of
truth, helping to reduce errors and provide safer medication
management processes."
Ensuring medication safety and accuracy in the OR is vital for
both patients and treating physicians. The integration of the
Codonics Safe Label System with Omnicell's Anesthesia Workstation
creates an advanced solution for the operating room (OR) suite that
promotes safety, consistency and efficiency. By confirming a
medication's identity and printing a detailed label for the
medication, the Safe Label System helps reduce the three most
common medication errors that occur in the OR including
vial/ampoule swaps, mislabeling, and syringe swaps, providing an
ultimate safety check at the point of medication administration.
The unique integration between the Anesthesia Workstation and the
Safe Label System saves steps for anesthesia providers—which is
critical in high pressure OR environments. For example, a single
login provides access to both systems simultaneously.
"As a result of expanding our Unity platform, we believe we are
better suited to meet the scalable needs of larger hospitals and
health systems, as well as providing smaller hospital facilities
with state-of-the-art patient care," said Jorge Taborga, executive vice president,
Engineering at Omnicell. "We're excited to offer availability of
our Epic EHR interoperability to health care providers looking to
improve nursing workflows, while integrating our solutions into
existing platforms. We believe this upgraded 19.5 platform supports
our three-pronged goal of integration, interoperability and
scalability, as we equip customers with solutions that help them
improve the clinical care of patients."
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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