Connect-Rx Release 7.1 now generally available
To advance patient safety and support process efficiency initiatives in
hospitals, McKesson today announced Connect-Rx
®
software
Release 7.1. The new release provides improved functionality for the
company’s AcuDose-Rx
®
medication dispensing cabinets and
Anesthesia-Rx
™
medication carts. The enhancements are
designed to increase charge capture, expand restocking capabilities for
pharmacies, ensure medication availability for nursing and anesthesia
providers, and improve patient care by reducing the risk of medication
errors.
McKesson’s advanced anesthesia cart is designed to streamline operating
room workflow with new functionality for both the pharmacy and surgical
areas. It is the first and only cart on the market that offers an
automated color syringe label printer, which provides the pharmacy with
multiple options to customize medication label printing. This enables
faster, more accurate visual identification during surgery to enhance
anesthesia provider workflow. Additionally, with only two touches
anesthesiologists and certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs)
have quick access to medications and narcotics during surgical
procedures. During procedures, anesthesia providers document all actions
electronically, so the pharmacy has accurate records of dispensing
activities for inventory and billing purposes.
The enhancements to Anesthesia-Rx with this new software release were a
result of McKesson’s long-standing collaborative relationship with Shore
Memorial Hospital in Somers Point, N.J. “It’s exciting to see the
progress and enhancements that have been made to Anesthesia-Rx in such a
short time frame,” said Barbara Giacomelli, pharmacy director at Shore
Memorial Hospital. “This new release provides capabilities that will
further streamline processes while improving patient safety. We look
forward to implementing the new features at Shore Memorial in the near
future.”
Missing medications can cause major issues for nurses and negatively
affect patient care. With the new release, McKesson’s medication
dispensing cabinets now have six features that work in tandem to prevent
stock outs and ensure nurses always have access to the medications they
need. To further reduce the risk of dispensing errors, the system alerts
nurses when changes have been made to medication orders. Additionally, a
temperature monitoring solution for medications helps to ensure that
storage and quality requirements are met.
The Medical College of Georgia in Augusta, Ga., also partnered with
McKesson to test the new release. “The new features have helped us
optimize our medication dispensing processes, and we now avoid multiple
fills of the same order,” says Tad Gomez, director of pharmacy services.
“With better information, we can place the right amount of inventory in
the cabinets, and the nurses have everything they need at all times. As
a result, they spend less time searching for missing medications and
more time with patients.”
“Hospitals like Shore Memorial and the Medical College of Georgia are
leading the way in automation to drive positive change for patients,”
said Dave Souerwine, president, McKesson Provider Technologies. “The
expanded capabilities of our latest software release reflect our
commitment to develop solutions that can increase efficiencies and
improve patient safety in hospitals and health systems throughout the
country.”
Additional information about AcuDose-Rx can be found at
www.acudose-rx.com
.
Further information about Anesthesia-Rx is available at
www.anesthesia-rx.com
.
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