Omnicell, Inc., a leading provider of medication and supply management solutions to healthcare facilities, has announced the release of its fourth generation Omnicell® G4 platform, including 11 products to improve medication and supply automation management. The new platform offers a single unified database across the continuum of medications maintained in automated dispensing cabinets with a new intuitive user interface for all the products. The G4 platform is designed to help hospitals closely manage medication and supply inventory to reduce costs, comply with increasingly stringent regulatory pressures and safeguard the patient.
In the current era of accountable care, U.S. hospitals struggle to remain financially stable while increasing clinician efficiency and improving patient care. Hospitals are responding to these pressures by redesigning operations to maximize productivity and enhance coordination across the entire organization. Medication and inventory management is at the center of this quest to lower costs and increase quality care, and Omnicell is committed to developing innovative solutions that address these challenges.
Omnicell collaborated closely with end users to develop the G4 platform, including extensive testing in clinical environments at four leading hospital systems.
Omnicell previewed some elements of its new platform at the December 2010 meeting of the American Society of Health System Pharmacists. This announcement completes the offering with six significant releases in its automated dispensing cabinet product lines and makes most of the new products available for immediate sale and shipment. CSM and OptiFlex™ can be ordered and will be available for installation later in 2011.
Other products, upgrades and partnerships rounding out this launch serve to further reduce hospital costs, enhance clinician workflow, maximize patient safety and help hospitals meet their regulatory compliance needs. These include PandoraVIA 2.1 analytics software, a new software release, Omnicell 15.0, a new 8-bin locking drawer and enhanced OptiFlex supply management software. New partnerships include CardinalASSIST® which expands options in cabinet restock, RxScan® for barcode checking and verification on all doses leaving the pharmacy, and Sentry Data Systems to reduce medication costs to hospitals that participate in the 340B program.
“For nearly twenty years, Omnicell has been solely focused on collaborating with healthcare providers to develop the best and most cost effective automated dispensing solutions to help better manage medications and supplies, which account for up to 25 percent of a hospital’s total operating costs,” said Randall Lipps, president, CEO and chairman of Omnicell. “Omnicell’s new G4 platform is evidence of our commitment to partnering with hospitals in their quest to lower costs and raise quality—solving today’s problems and anticipating the challenges on the horizon.”
South Jersey Healthcare is a nonprofit, integrated health care system, providing access to a continuum of health services. SJH provides hospital services, numerous community health clinics, home health services, and specialty services, which serve the medical and health care needs of Southern New Jersey residents.
Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center’s mission is to provide superior service to patients and the community in a caring environment. The hospital serves a community of over 1 million residents in the Brownsville, East New York, and Canarsie sections of Brooklyn. This 530-bed facility is an accredited community teaching hospital with six ambulatory care sites, an Emergency Department and a Level I Trauma Center that are among the busiest in the region. Brookdale is also a New York State Department of Health designated Stroke Center. Areas of expertise include a brand new Coronary Critical Care Unit, a Hyperbaric and Wound Healing Center, Digestive Health Center and an Adult Sleep Center. Brookdale’s Pediatric Department enjoys an excellent reputation and provides a wide range of services for children from birth to adolescence including: The “Live Light – Live Right” Program, a multi-disciplinary service for the treatment of Pediatric Obesity. In addition, the hospital offers the “Breathe Right! One Child at a Time” educational asthma program, a division of Pediatric Pulmonary Care with a pediatric sleep center to diagnose and treat children with sleep disorders, and a comprehensive centers for the treatment of Sickle Cell Disease and Pediatric Oncology. www.brookdalehospital.org
Omnicell, Inc. (NASDAQ: OMCL) is a leading provider of systems that enable healthcare facilities to increase operational efficiency, enhance patient safety and allow clinicians to spend more time with their patients. Founded in 1992, Omnicell’s medication-use solutions include complete automation systems for the central pharmacy, anesthesia workstations for the operating room, dispensing cabinet systems for nursing units, and safe, secure medication transportation and verification systems to the patient bedside. From a medication’s arrival at the receiving dock to its dosing to the patient, Omnicell systems store it, package it, barcode it, order it, issue it, and provide information and controls on its use and reorder.
Omnicell supply product lines provide a healthcare institution with comprehensive supply chain solutions that result in fast, effective control of costs, capture of charges for payer reimbursement, and timely reorder of supplies. Products range from high-security closed-cabinet systems and software to open-shelf and combination solutions in the nursing unit, cath lab and operating room.
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