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JANUARY 10, 2023

Given the number of high-alert controlled substances administered under often intense conditions inside the operating room (OR), it's no surprise. The pharmacy must also make sure that all controlled substances distributed are properly recorded. Information flow wasn't seamless, and they had a lot of manual workflows.

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JANUARY 10, 2023

Mary Selzo, RPh Practicing Pharmacist and Senior Clinical Product Manager, Omnicell Automated dispensing cabinets are the backbone of most medication distribution systems, with 95% adoption in nursing units across the U.S. Ideally pharmacy and anesthesia providers should work in partnership to maintain controlled substance accountability.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Carol Kimura VP, Brand, Digital and Growth Marketing, Omnicell This week, thousands of attendees from across Pharmacy, Nursing, Finance, IT, and Leadership joined Omnicell and their peers for Omnicell Illuminate 2020 – the biggest digital event for technology-driven pharmacy supply chain.

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JANUARY 10, 2023

At TidalHealth, we're partnering with our nursing and anesthesia colleagues to drive diversion awareness and controlled substance monitoring. Visit Omnicell at booth #5767 during HIMSS22 , March 14-18 in Orlando. Our anesthesia department recently formed a new diversion-prevention team within the hospital. Subscribe today.

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JANUARY 10, 2023

Len Hom Director, Product Marketing, Omnicell One of the most significant challenges facing businesses today is staffing, with healthcare particularly hard hit. Almost every healthcare sector has been plagued by a lack of qualified workers, as more than 524,000 jobs have been lost since the COVID-19 pandemic. This is not a new problem.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Joy Somogyi Senior Director of Product Marketing and Development, Omnicell With two million people suffering from opioid addiction and 115 people dying from an opioid overdose every day in the U.S., the opioid crisis is one of the major challenges healthcare is facing, specifically for pharmacies currently managing medication diversion.

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JANUARY 10, 2023

Kim Dove, PharmD Senior Pharmacy Consultant, Omnicell We all understand the harm that controlled substance drug diversion can cause to patients, the healthcare institution, and of course, to the diverters themselves. Consider your practices for entering new medication shipments into inventory.

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Omnicell

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Ken Osborn Senior Director, Product Marketing, Omnicell Latest Innovation in Winter 2020 Release Advances Journey to the Autonomous Pharmacy The need for solutions designed to help customers achieve greater visibility, control costs, and better manage an increasingly complex pharmacy supply chain is more important than ever.

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JANUARY 10, 2023

Len Hom Director, Product Marketing, Omnicell While there are many benefits to using automated dispensing cabinets (ADCs), such as increased inventory control and efficiency in drug dispensing practices, limits on configuration and functionality combined with underutilization of safety procedures can pose serious risks.

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JANUARY 10, 2023

Len Hom Director, Product Marketing, Omnicell With anesthesia providers and pharmacies on the same page, patients can benefit from a seamless experience in an operating room (OR). Manual processes make it easier for drug diversion since there are fewer opportunities to detect missing controlled substances right away.

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JANUARY 10, 2023

Sabrina Cole, PharmD, MBA Director, Autonomous Pharmacy Advisory Board, Omnicell Hospitals in approximately 40 states have reported critical labor shortages, while hospitals in all 50 states anticipate being short-staffed within a few weeks. For example, automating controlled substance administration protects nurses and patients alike.

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JANUARY 10, 2023

At the same time, Pharmacy needs to maintain accountability for the controlled substances being dispensed. DISCLAIMER The views and opinions expressed in this blog are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of any other agency, organization, employer or company.

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JANUARY 10, 2023

In addition, they had about 80 ADCs used for STAT, PRN, and controlled substance medications prescriptions. The implementation of Omnicell's XR2 Automated Central Pharmacy System gave the health system more flexibility and the ability to drive better inventory optimization and cost savings.

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JANUARY 10, 2023

With the advancement of diversion software and the ability for closed loop interoperability , the manual process can be eliminated , allow ing hospital systems – not only in nursing but pharmacy – to accurately evaluate controlled substance management.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

The survey found more than 53 percent of hospitals reported a diversion event within the last year, and 37 percent of workers knew a colleague who has diverted controlled substances. Assumptions made in the analysis are not reflective of the position of any entity other than the author(s).

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