MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Dec.
5, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Omnicell, Inc., (NASDAQ: OMCL) a
leading provider of medication and supply management solutions to
healthcare systems and pharmacies, today introduces the XT Series,
its new generation of medication and supply automation that is
fully integrated on the Company's Unity enterprise platform. The XT
Series includes automated medication and supply dispensing
cabinets, the Anesthesia Workstation, and Controlled Substance
Manager. XT Automated Medication Cabinets are also fully integrated
with Connect-Rx® from Aesynt, so customers in the U.S.
who use AcuDose-Rx® cabinets can take advantage of the
new hardware without changing their software or server
infrastructure.
Omnicell XT Automated Dispensing Cabinets were designed with
modern new hardware technology and smart features that bring
improvements in workflow efficiency, medication accountability and
patient safety. Offering a high degree of flexibility, the XT
system can easily expand and scale as healthcare systems grow. It
is also readily adaptable to future innovations.
Over the past two decades, Omnicell has consistently improved
the software used for its automated medication and supply
dispensing systems and provided annual software upgrades that
enhance workflow and regulatory compliance. In order to continue
offering this level of innovation and to take advantage of emerging
technologies, Omnicell developed a new hardware and electronics
architecture for the XT Series. The new design enables more
medications to be stocked within the same footprint—the XT cabinets
offer 50 percent more capacity compared with similar units on the
market. The new cabinets were designed using a rigorous testing
program, and have been evaluated by over 800 users across the
country.
"The new XT Series benefits us both on the nursing and pharmacy
sides. The screen response time is much faster than the previous
generation cabinets, which allows us to give time back to the staff
for patient care," said Dr. John
Rossi, director of pharmacy, Mount Nittany Health System, a
long-standing Omnicell customer. "In addition, the increased
capacity allows us to fit 30 percent to 40 percent more medications
into the same space. I'm very encouraged by not only the XT line of
products, but Omnicell's drive to improve our work life."
As healthcare facilities across the country struggle to maintain
excellent care without increasing costs, they seek functional
solutions that simplify clinical workflows and allow providers to
focus on their patients. To address these needs, the XT Automated
Dispensing Cabinet is designed to eliminate non-value-added steps
and increase medication safety.
New Generation Single-Dose Dispensing
Omnicell has
long been known for fully automated unit dose dispensing in its
cabinets, which eliminates the need for tedious narcotic counts—and
the time it takes pharmacy and nursing staff to resolve
discrepancies. With the introduction of the XT Series, Omnicell now
offers the new Controlled Substance Dispenser—a completely
reengineered unit dose dispensing system that provides even greater
accuracy and efficiency.
Smart Drawer Design
In addition to the increased
capacity, XT cabinets include new drawer designs that accommodate
nearly all medication dosage forms and enable healthcare facilities
to optimize inventory, minimize stockouts and reduce missing doses,
all of which impact patient care and take time away from clinical
staff. In addition to more configurable open drawers, a new array
of metal locking lid drawers—including the largest locked bin in
the industry—is available to keep medications secure and help
prevent drug diversion.
Improved Guiding Lights
Omnicell's popular LED Guiding
Lights, which direct users to the proper drawer and bin location
for safe and efficient medication removal, are now six times
brighter than previous models and are easily visible in virtually
any clinical environment.
Flexible Cabinet Changes
The new hardware technology
enables healthcare facilities to more easily adapt the XT cabinet
as needs grow or medication strategies change, so they are not
locked into a specific configuration. For example, drawers can be
added or changed on-site, and the Controlled Substance Dispenser
can also be added to an existing XT cabinet.
Bluetooth-Enabled Accessories
To allow greater freedom
to place cabinet accessories where they work best for workflow and
facility layout, the XT cabinets include a wireless version of the
External Return Bin and the FlexLock Refrigerator Lock and
Temperature Monitor. The new wireless option uses customized
Bluetooth® peer-to-peer technology to ensure secure and
reliable communication.
Compatibility with AcuDose-Rx/Connect-Rx
For legacy
Aesynt customers in the U.S. who have AcuDose-Rx cabinets, Omnicell
is extending the value of their investment by making the XT
cabinets compatible with AcuDose-Rx, enabling a mixed environment.
These customers can incrementally add XT cabinets—which will run on
the same Connect-Rx software platform as their AcuDose-Rx
cabinets—allowing them to benefit from unique XT features such as
Guiding Lights, increased capacity and greater configurability.
User-Friendly and IT-Friendly Features
Nurses who have
used the new XT Automated Dispensing Cabinets appreciate the larger
screen that is more responsive to touch, similar to modern smart
phones. They have also been impressed with the speed of the system,
which uses Microsoft® Windows® 10 IoT
Enterprise LTSB with BitLocker Drive Encryption and updated Intel
technology to enhance responsiveness as well as reliability and
security.
In addition to new automated medication and supply dispensing
cabinets, the XT Series includes:
XT Controlled Substance Manager: With the greater
capacity of the XT cabinets, this system provides greater narcotic
storage in a small footprint and includes advanced fingerprint
bioID to help reduce the risk of diversion in the pharmacy.
XT Anesthesia Workstation™: This system for
balancing the instant access anesthesia providers want with
medication security the pharmacy needs, now includes the benefits
of Windows 10.
All XT Series products are part of the integrated Unity
enterprise platform in which automation used in the central
pharmacy, operating room and nursing units share a common database
and are supported by enterprise analytics solutions. This reduces
formulary maintenance and IT infrastructure, increases data
accuracy, and reduces redundant database management, giving
pharmacy staff more time to focus on patient care.
The XT Automated Dispensing Cabinets are backward compatible
with legacy Omnicell cabinets and include the same level of
interoperability with key electronic health records (EHR). They
also work with other unique Omnicell solutions such as Anywhere
RN™, which enables nurses to manage medications away
from the cabinet, and SinglePointe™, a system for better
managing patient-specific medications.
The new XT Series solutions will be available for demonstration
in Omnicell's Booth #420 at the American Society of Health-System
Pharmacists 2016 Midyear Meeting, to be held in Las Vegas from December
5-7.
"We are extremely excited to present the XT Series to the
market. These products were created to address our customers' needs
for improved safety and functionality, which will enable clinicians
to provide better patient care," said Kim
Howland, vice president of Product Design, Omnicell. "With
the XT line of products, healthcare facilities can focus on their
patients rather than worrying about medication access and delivery.
Today's announcement reinforces Omnicell's commitment to partner
with our customers to develop and offer thoroughly tested solutions
using the latest technologies to improve workflow efficiency and
maximize safety."
About Omnicell
Since 1992, Omnicell (NASDAQ: OMCL) has been inspired to create
safer and more efficient ways to manage medications and supplies
across all care settings. As a leader in medication and supply
dispensing automation, central pharmacy automation, IV robotics,
analytics software, and medication adherence and packaging systems,
Omnicell is focused on improving care across the entire healthcare
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. These medication adherence solutions are used by over
17,000 institutional and retail pharmacies in North America and the United Kingdom. These pharmacies are
served via Omnicell's sales channels and our solutions enable them
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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