OREANDA-NEWS. December 10, 2012. McKesson Corporation, a Fortune 14 healthcare services and information technology company, announced new solutions focused on inpatient pharmacy, patient care and outpatient pharmacy at the 47th ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting, reported the press-centre of McKesson.    

Highlights include:

ScanAbilitySM — The first comprehensive Barcode Medication Administration (BCMA) analytics tool that drives quick time-to-value results for hospital pharmacies that are supporting bedside scanning technology;

McKesson Pharmacy and Point-of-Care Automation Solutions — Integrated technology and automation solutions that help pharmacists safely deliver medications; and

ExpressRxTM Track — A pharmacy-automation solution for ambulatory pharmacies that automates 95 percent of all countable prescriptions at 99.99 percent accuracy.

McKesson’s latest solutions, featured at booth number 1331, are designed to help pharmacy leaders improve financial performance, drive greater operational efficiency and deliver outstanding patient care.

“As healthcare evolves, there is an increasing focus on optimizing efficiency and cost in all hospital-related functions, including pharmacy,” said Mark Eastham, senior vice president, Pharmacy Optimization, McKesson U.S. Pharmaceutical. “McKesson is committed to developing solutions that help pharmacists better manage the day-to-day challenges of running an efficient and fiscally responsible pharmacy, in addition to integrating the pharmacy more closely into the overall hospital strategy.”

Achieving Inpatient Pharmacy Goals
McKesson’s evidence-based solutions, including consulting services, supply-chain optimization, automation and information technology, consistently deliver results to more than 2,000 hospitals and health systems across the U.S.

ScanAbility is the latest solution in the McKesson portfolio that addresses a critical inpatient pharmacy pain point. It is key to ensuring a successful implementation of bedside medication scanning, providing hospital pharmacists with a detailed analysis of their unit dose oral medication needs and a roadmap to help them achieve their pharmacy goals. By integrating advanced analytics, unit dose repackaging and simplified purchasing, ScanAbility helps increase pharmacy efficiency and reduce cost.

Gaining More Time for Patient Care
McKesson automation solutions help pharmacy leaders to track, monitor and manage their supply chains, giving them more time to focus on patient care. New solutions include:

AcuDose-Rx® — Automated dispensing cabinet that is easy to use, fast to learn, and smart to stock, giving nurses access to the medications they need, when they need them;

MedCarouselTM — Vertical automated medication-storage and retrieval system that makes dispensing and inventory management more efficient through increased storage and line-item capacity, enclosed carrier design, and enhanced pick-to-light technology;

MedShelf-RxTM — Inventory-management software solution that enables hospitals to apply barcode scanning and perpetual inventory-management processes to existing inventory locations; and

ROBOT-Rx® — The industry’s leading robotic dispensing system that automates 90 percent of dispensing with increased throughput, greater dose and line-item capacity, and quiet operation.

Building a Comprehensive Outpatient Strategy
More hospitals are developing outpatient strategies to strengthen and extend patient relationships, in addition to reducing readmission rates. New McKesson solutions designed to effectively extend the pharmacy’s continuum of care include:

EnterpriseRx® — A SaaS-based pharmacy-management system that integrates multiple ambulatory pharmacy locations across a single platform to provide pharmacists with the ultimate inventory-management, patient-delivery option flexibility and connectivity across locations and discharge records;

ExpressRxTM Track — One of the most advanced pharmacy-automation solutions for ambulatory pharmacies that are operating central fill, mail order and/or specialty pharmacies looking to increase patient safety, reduce labor costs and drive revenue growth. ExpressRx Track delivers workflow software that automates 95 percent of all countable prescriptions and dispenses at 99.99 percent count accuracy; and

McKesson Mobile Delivery App — A mobile-delivery device solution for all hospital customers, regardless of what pharmacy-management system they operate. Through our McKesson mobile-delivery device solution, hospitals can now deliver prescriptions, capture signatures and capture credit card payment at the patient’s bedside prior to discharge.

Meet BoP®. McKesson’s Business of PharmacySM.
Currently helping more than 2,000 hospital pharmacies nationwide, the Business of Pharmacy (BoP) is McKesson’s evidence-based approach to optimizing the financial, operational and clinical performance of hospital pharmacies. Harnessing McKesson’s superior distribution, BoP extends across the entire business of hospital-pharmacy operations and provides the services and solutions to transform the pharmacy into a center of operational excellence that supports optimal patient care. For more information, please visit www.mckessonbop.com.

About McKesson Corporation
McKesson Corporation, currently ranked 14th on the FORTUNE 500, is a healthcare services and information technology company dedicated to making the business of healthcare run better. We partner with payers, hospitals, physician offices, pharmacies, pharmaceutical companies and others across the spectrum of care to build healthier organizations that deliver better care to patients in every setting. McKesson helps its customers improve their financial, operational, and clinical performance with solutions that include pharmaceutical and medical-surgical supply management, healthcare information technology, and business and clinical services. For more information, visit us at www.mckesson.com.