MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.,
Feb. 3, 2016 /PRNewswire/
-- Omnicell, Inc. (NASDAQ: OMCL) today announced that The
University of Kansas Hospital has selected the Company's medication
management automation and software across their multi-center health
system, with installation expected to begin in the summer of 2016.
Omnicell's automated technology and software is intended to
streamline hospital workflow through seamless interoperability with
the hospital's Epic electronic health record (EHR) system while
enhancing inventory management and maintaining the highest level of
patient safety.
In selecting a new automation provider, The University of Kansas Hospital sought to increase
medication dispensing efficiency, maintain patient safety on the
patient floors and in the operating room, and streamline workflows
for nurses and pharmacists. Following a four-month evaluation
process that included hands-on demonstrations, consultations with
current users and meetings with hospital leaders and staff, a
multidisciplinary evaluation committee representing nurses,
pharmacists and informaticists selected Omnicell's solutions. The
University of Kansas Hospital will be
installing Omnicell's central pharmacy automation, medication
management and analytics solutions designed to increase staff
efficiencies as well as provide outstanding patient care.
"With a project scope as large as ours, we needed a partner who
would work with us. Ensuring that all of our facilities are working
in concert to improve patient safety while reducing administrative
burden was also a major goal," said Christopher Bell, MS, PharmD, pharmacy assistant
director at The University of Kansas
Hospital. "We're excited to work with Omnicell to achieve these
goals, and anticipate that their Unity single server platform will
allow us valuable inventory transparency across facilities in our
health system."
Bell continued, "Omnicell offers us the level of
interoperability with our EHR that would allow our nurses to queue
up medications anywhere, enabling them to spend more time on direct
patient care activities."
"The opportunity to extend Omnicell solutions across The
University of Kansas Hospital's health
system is an exciting prospect as our company enters 2016," said
J. Christopher Drew, executive vice
president, sales and marketing at Omnicell. "We are proud to be
selected as a partner by a premier Magnet-recognized academic
medical institution, and are eager to support their efforts in
advancing their high standards for patient care and facility
workflow."
About The University of Kansas
Hospital
The University of Kansas Hospital is
the region's premier academic medical center, providing a full
range of care. The hospital is affiliated with the University of Kansas Schools of Medicine, Nursing
and Health Professions, and their various leading-edge research
projects. The constantly growing facility contains 746 staffed beds
(plus 24 bassinets) and serves more than 31,000 inpatients
annually. Twelve of its medical and surgical specialty areas are
ranked nationally by the U.S. News & World Report "Best
Hospital" lists, including Cancer (#29), Cardiology & Heart
Surgery (#21), Diabetes & Endocrinology (#20), Ear, Nose &
Throat (#17), Gastroenterology and GI Surgery (#24), Geriatrics
(#16), Gynecology (#38), Nephrology (#33), Neurology &
Neurosurgery (#12), Orthopedics (#33-Tied), Pulmonology (#12) and
Urology (#36). The cancer program is part of The University of Kansas Cancer Center, a National
Cancer Institute-designated program. The hospital has received
Magnet nursing designation, reflecting the quality of care
throughout the hospital, an honor awarded to only 6.6 percent of
the hospitals nationwide. The hospital also houses the
region's only accredited burn center, the area's only nationally
accredited Level I Trauma Center and the area's first Advanced
Comprehensive Stroke Center recognized by The Joint Commission. For
more information, visit kumed.com.
About Omnicell
Since 1992, Omnicell (NASDAQ: OMCL) has been creating
innovative solutions to improve patient care, anywhere it is
delivered. Omnicell is a leading supplier of comprehensive
automation and business analytics software for 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 patient's home.
Approximately 4,000 customers worldwide use Omnicell automation
and analytics solutions to increase operational efficiency, reduce
medication errors, deliver actionable intelligence and improve
patient safety. The recent acquisition of Aesynt adds distinct
capabilities, particularly in central pharmacy and IV robotics,
creating the broadest medication management product portfolio in
the industry.
The Omnicell SureMed solution provides innovative medication
adherence packaging to help reduce costly hospital readmissions. In
addition, these solutions enable approximately 7,000 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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