SafetyMed: Ensuring Everything is Right Times 5 and More

SafetyMed™ is a software solution that enables clinicians to increase patient safety and be more efficient in the medication administration process. At the bedside, your SafetyMed solution is accessed through a standard Web browser via your wireless network. In addition to performing bar code verification at the patient’s bedside, the SafetyMed solution automates many other routine, time-consuming bedside tasks for the nurse.

The SafetyMed solution is fully integrated with Omnicell’s top-rated OmniRx® medication dispensing system and the OmniCenter server, making implementation fast. The SafetyMed solution can optionally be integrated with our smart mobile cart to provide safe, secure storage and transport of medications from the cabinet to the bedside.

Omnicell SafetyMed™ Key Features

Features:

• Verification of the five rights at the point of medication administration
• Secure storage and transport of medications between the cabinet and bedside in patient-specific drawers on our optional smart mobile cart
• Verification of pharmacy order entry against physician orders
• Real-time access to all order and administration information at the bedside
• Flagging of early or overdue medications
• Documentation of administration notes
• Response checks to first-time administrations
• Logging of all warnings and overrides
• HIPAA-compliant
• Common database ensures true integration between Omnicell medication dispensing cabinets and SafetyMed

OMNICELL OVERVIEW
Omnicell is a leading provider of medication control and patient safety solutions for acute healthcare facilities. Since 1992, the company has worked with more than 1,100 hospitals who have installed Omnicell products to safely and efficiently manage the inventory, packaging and distribution of medications, from the hospital central pharmacy to nursing stations for administration to patients at their bedside.

The Medi-Dose® Group, known for its innovative solid and liquid oral unit dose packaging systems, has always had deep roots---family roots. This is not surprising since Medi-Dose began as a small family business. Medi-Dose was founded in 1971 when Milton Braverman, a former pharmaceutical company Territory Manager, formed his own company.

While developing Medi-Dose, we were often asked for other products. "Hey... why don't you have... ?" "Yo, I need... Can you get it for me?" So, we started EPS®, Inc. We were asked about liquid packaging to complement our solid oral systems. So, we developed TampAlerT®. We were asked about IV preparation. So we developed a line of IV additive disposable accessories. Filters? Yes! Tapes & Labels? Done! Trays, totes and bins? You got it! Bags? Absolutely! And that is how the EPS product line grew to what it is today.

Medication packaged and dispensed in syringes, ampules, tubing, suppositories and odd shaped bottles often pose unique labeling challenges for pharmacists and nurses. Conventionally shaped labels often prove inadequate for adhering to irregular shapes. Additionally, the same vital labeling that's placed on the medication being dispensed needs to be recorded on the original medication bottle or package as well as the patient record.

MILT® Makes It Easy!
Medi-Dose Information labeling Technology

MILT® the dynamic new unit dose labeling software for the Medi-Dose® and EPS LiquidDose® packaging systems, offers innovative bar coding, increased security and enhanced medication identification awareness - all for a surprisingly affordable price. Using advanced technology, MILT® by Medi-Dose® makes it easy to achieve optimum accurate, protection and performance for all your solid and liquid unit dose syringe and ampule labeling needs.

Versatile unit dose barcoded packaging for bulk medications and other unit dose forms

Swisslog’s PillPick system bar-code packages, stores and dispenses unit dose medications. Unit doses are automatically placed by PillPicker, Swisslog’s pharmacy packaging unit, into bar-code labeled bags and sealed. Bulk pharmaceuticals are packaged, barcoded, and labeled into unit doses. Unit doses are then automatically placed into storage for future retrieval and dispensing to nursing units on PickRings labeled for patients or dispensing cabinets.

The advantages of PillPick are:

Fully Integrated and Automated
Decreases human touches, reduces medication errors, and enhance patient safety

Multi-Tasking
Packages and dispenses first doses to cart fill or cabinets simultaneously

Efficiency
Improves staff utilization while dispensing and delivering medications at faster rates

Inventory Management
Improves tracking and minimizes waste

Manages Medication Returns
Automatically restocks medications into PillPick and credits the patient account

Accu-flo by Creative Strategies

Accu-flo allows your staff to focus on quality resident care by reducing errors through automated record keeping, low inventory alerts and programmable dosage information. The software automates the process of distributing, tracking and re-ordering medications and treatments safely and efficiently for residential care facilities and pharmacies. Accu-flo produces savings of between one and three thousand dollars per month by reducing staff labor hours associated with the daily medication pass and the month end chart checking procedures. Most importantly, staff members concentrate on resident care and safety, while Accu-flo eliminates paper-based record keeping and enhances the security of medication inventories and staff identification procedures.

Features:

The complete Accu-flo system handles the accurate collection, editing, transportation, organization and storage of long-term care medication events. The Accu-flo system provides automation and safeguards to the medication pass through the following components:

• eMAR - Ensures intended residents receive correct medications and dosages within CMS guidelines
• eLog - Maintains accurate inventory of all drugs received, storage in medication cart, as well as those returned after being discontinued
• eControl - Safeguards inventory of controlled drugs by shift and nurse
• C.P.O.E - Computerized Prescription Order Entry provides exceptional convenience with direct ordering capability with institutional pharmacies

In residential care facilities, Accu-flo dramatically reduces time spent on medication distribution and the chance of medication-related errors. The system also automates record keeping and notifies nurses when it is time to re-order certain drugs, which streamlines the communication process with pharmacies. Bar code technology verifies current quantities and dosages of every medication. Also, a resident’s photo is associated with each medication pass pertaining to their doctor’s orders, which helps support consistency and accuracy in medication distribution. Accu-flo also tracks remaining medication quantities and can automatically place refills with the pharmacy when necessary. This automated procedure is a time-saving tool for both facilities and pharmacies.