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Inova Extends Partnership with Omnicell to Enhance Efficiency and Safety in Medication Management
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., April 22, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Omnicell, Inc. (NASDAQ: OMCL), a leading provider of medication management and supply chain solutions
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[{"type":"text","content":" MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., April 22, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Omnicell, Inc. (NASDAQ: OMCL), a leading provider of medication management and supply chain solutions for health systems, today announced that Inova in Virginia has chosen to enhance control, efficiency and safety of its medication management processes with Omnicell's medication dispensing cabinet automation and IV compounding solutions, part of Omnicell's industry leading medication management automation platform.\n\n \nAs Northern Virginia's leading nonprofit healthcare provider, serving more than 2 million individuals annually, Inova is on the forefront of leveraging the latest technologies to continually improve patient care. Omnicell solutions, including IV robotics for hazardous and non-hazardous compounding in Central Pharmacy and medication dispensing cabinets in patient care areas, will help streamline workflows, improve medication management, and free up staff for more clinically focused activities.\nInova will expand its current automation footprint with Omnicell's Robotic IV Insourcing Solution (RIIS)TM, a unique program that combines advanced robotic technology, data and expertly trained pharmacy technician staff into a comprehensive, turnkey package that provides a streamlined path for hospitals to insource their sterile compounding. On patient floors, Inova will implement Omnicell's XT Series Automated Medication Dispensing Cabinets, which help improve workflow efficiency, medication accountability, and patient safety.\n\"This partnership with Omnicell supports our commitment to providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients and the community,\" said Loring Flint, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Inova. \nThese solutions are part of Omnicell's vision for a fully Autonomous Pharmacy where manual, error-prone activities are replaced by efficient, automated processes, with the goal of a zero error dispensing process. \"Through partnership with leading health systems like Inova, we are building an autonomous infrastructure to support better patient care, reduce errors, enhance safety, and identify new opportunities to improve medication management across the continuum of care,\" said Scott Seidelmann, executive vice president and chief commercial officer at Omnicell.\nAbout Inova \nInova is Northern Virginia's leading nonprofit healthcare provider, employing m...