• PROmanager-Rx


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Improve Medication Dispensing accuracy and eliminate process steps in filling oral solid medication orders.

PROmanager-Rx™ is the only automated medication dispensing system for hospitals that stores and dispenses manufacturer-packaged oral solid medications. PROmanager-Rx is ideal for supporting bar code medication administration operations.

Key Benefits to PROmanager-Rx Hospital Pharmacy Dispensing System

  • Increases filling accuracy
  • Eliminates oral solid packaging labor and costs
  • Redeploys pharmacist and technician labor
  • Manages oral solid inventory and increases inventory turns
  • Manages expired and returned medications


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PROmanager-Rx drives down dispensing errors in several key ways:

  • Medications loaded, stored, and dispensed from the PROmanager-Rx system come with the veracity of manufacturer unit-dose bar-code packaging.
  • All processes are bar-code driven—filling, restocking, and returns. Every dose dispensed from the system is bar-code scanned for the greatest possible safety and accuracy.
  • All processes are fully automated without opportunity for human error. The system has the sophistication to detect any anomaly should it occur during dispensing or restocking, providing alerts and taking other appropriate actions to prevent any error.

The combination of manufacturer packaging, bar-code scanning of every dose, and sophisticated software makes PROmanager-Rx the safest automated pharmacy system available today.

Because PROmanager-Rx uses package-ready forms, hospital pharmacies no longer have to package bulk medications into unit doses in order to leverage automation systems. This eliminates oral solid packaging labor and materials cost, and significantly reduces pharmacy checking requirements.

The medication dispensing robot features sophisticated order processing and inventory management software to increase inventory turns, manage expired and returned medications, and streamline wholesaler ordering. The PROmanager-Rx system features a sleek design and small footprint. It is easily sited, installed, and supported with minimal, if any, facility modification.

PROmanager-Rx provides a compelling benefits story, ROI, and payback period at dispensing volumes readily encountered in the majority of acute care hospitals.


Features

  • Exclusively stores and dispenses manufacturer-packaged unit-dose oral solid medications, considered the safest package form.
  • Stores up to 12,000 unit doses.
  • Accommodates nearly all manufacturer unit-dose oral solid package sizes and shapes.
  • Installs in a work area as small as 14 ft. x 8 ft., when used with a 10-ft conveyor.
  • Uses expiration date tracking to dispense first those medications that expire soonest.
  • Sophisticated order processing and inventory management software
  • Optimizes space and speed by choosing the best internal storage options, such as placing fast-moving medications in optimal locations to maximize throughput.

Automated dispensing of manufacturer-packaged unit-dose oral solids

Who should consider PROmanager-Rx?

Hospital pharmacy directors seeking to fully leverage manufacturer packaging and considering automation systems.

  • Community-sized hospitals (daily census of 50-150). When compared with other automation systems, PROmanager-Rx offers unprecedented scalability and affordability. The system is ideal for hospitals facing space and capital constraints, delivering safety, productivity, and inventory control improvements for facilities dispensing 1,000 or more oral solid doses per day.
  • Mid-size hospitals (average daily census of 150-400). PROmanager-Rx is ideal for patient-specific dispensing. On average, it automates 65-70 percent of a pharmacy’s daily dispensing needs. PROmanager-Rx significantly reduces pharmacist labor because it eliminates the need for unit-dose packaging and package checking. Because it scans every dose it dispenses, PROmanager-Rx is perfectly positioned for hospitals currently live, or migrating to, bar-code medication administration systems.

  • Larger hospitals (average daily census 400 or more). PROmanager-Rx supports the oral solids workload for patient-specific filling in a large hospital, while the other medication forms are managed through McKesson’s MedCarousel® or IntelliShelf-Rx™.

    Hospitals in this category may have a preference to fully automate dispensing of nearly all patient-specific unit-dose

What are the benefits of purchasing manufacturer package-ready oral solid unit-dose medications versus purchasing in bulk and using in-house packaging?

Because the PROmanager-Rx system leverages manufacturer-packaged unit doses, when compared to in-house packaging operations, pharmacist involvement on the front end (packaging verification, restocking, and management of returns) is virtually eliminated. Further, checking normally is not required for manufacturer-packaged medications. Significant safety and process improvements are among the chief benefits of the PROmanager-Rx pharmaceutical dispensing system. Manufacturer package-ready, unit-dose medications typically carry a longer expiration date than is possible with in-house packaging, extended shelf life and reducing the potential for wasted, expired medications.

Are manufacturer blister packages more expensive than purchasing medications in bulk?
On average, the acquisition cost of the medication itself is typically 4¢ to 6¢ per dose higher in unit-dose form. However, when the cost of repackaging, including labor, technology, materials, and pharmacist checking labor are considered, the hospital is likely to save 4¢ - 6¢ per dose when package-ready oral solids are purchased.

What is the availability of manufacturer unit-dose package-ready oral solid medications?
According to research conducted by McKesson, up to 80 percent of the top 500 most commonly dispensed medications are available in bar-coded, package-ready form. Hospitals that manage their formularies to maximize purchases of manufacturer-packaged unit dose oral solids (or “package-ready” oral solids) report purchasing nearly 90 percent of their oral solid medications in that form.

Who manufactures PROmanager-Rx?
McKesson Automation designs and manufactures both hardware and software for PROmanager-Rx at its manufacturing facility near Cranberry Township, PA, approximately 25 miles north of Pittsburgh. Along with the hardware, PROmanager-Rx’s software, workstations and bar-code functionality deliver the processes that have a significant impact on a customer’s operations.