MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.,
July 20, 2016 /PRNewswire/
-- Omnicell, Inc. (NASDAQ: OMCL) today announced that Henry
Mayo Newhall Hospital ("Henry Mayo") has selected the Company's
medication automation solutions to streamline provider workflows
and enhance patient care at its facility in Valencia, Calif. As construction begins on the
hospital's new patient tower—which is expected to add over 140
patient beds—nursing and pharmacy leadership chose to update Henry
Mayo's medication automation solutions to ensure the highest level
of safety for patients.
The new Omnicell technology, including automated medication
dispensing cabinets, is expected to help nurses at Henry Mayo spend
more time with their patients. The Omnicell cabinets include a
system that enables nurses to queue up medication orders at
patients' bedsides rather than having to wait in line at the
cabinet. Additionally, a single-dose dispensing system incorporated
into the cabinets improves security and virtually eliminates the
need for manual narcotic count-backs, which saves time that can now
be spent on patient-facing activities. The greater capacity of the
Omnicell cabinets compared with the hospital's current system will
allow more medications to be securely stored at the nursing units,
reducing the number of pharmacy deliveries.
The hospital will also be adding an automated dispensing cabinet
tailored to the operating room and anesthesia provider workflow.
Heightened security in this area, where many powerful narcotics are
used, is essential to improving patient safety and reducing drug
diversion risk. While these specialized cabinets provide security,
they also provide convenient access to medications needed during
surgical procedures.
"As we looked for a solution that increased the security of our
medications in the OR and on the patient floors, we also wanted
tools that helped streamline the distribution process for our
nurses," said Harry Shamamian,
PharmD, MBA, director of pharmacy services, Henry Mayo Newhall
Hospital. "Omnicell's solutions offer both the security and
flexibility we require while helping to expand the total medication
capacity that our nurses need."
"We are pleased to partner with Henry Mayo, which has been
recognized as one of the nation's 'Most Wired' hospitals for four
consecutive years," said J. Christopher
Drew, president, North American Automation and Analytics for
Omnicell. "As this facility continues to grow, we look forward to
offering additional solutions that will help maintain excellent
patient safety and provider satisfaction while ensuring medication
security across the hospital."
About Henry Mayo
Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital is a 238-bed not-for-profit acute
care hospital serving the Santa Clarita Valley since 1975. Henry
Mayo is an Advanced Primary Stroke Center and a Heart Attack
Receiving Center. The hospital features state-of-the-art Inpatient
facilities, a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Catheterization Lab,
Cardiac Rehab Center, Infusion Center, Breast Imaging Center and an
Outpatient Surgery Center. Additional services include
cardiovascular, trauma, emergency, intensive care, neonatal
intensive care, maternity, surgery, nursing, wound care, spine and
joint, behavioral health, and acute rehab, as well as cancer,
imaging, lab, digestive, respiratory services, and physical and
occupational therapies. For more information,
visit www.henrymayo.com or call (661) 200-2000.
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.
Over 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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