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Omnicell Announces New Products for Perioperative and Clinic Settings
RFID-Enabled Dispensing and Intelligent Inventory Management Software Aim to Unlock Greater Inventory Accuracy and Streamline Medication Management in
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nRFID-Enabled Dispensing and Intelligent Inventory Management Software Aim to Unlock Greater Inventory Accuracy and Streamline Medication Management in Operating Rooms and Outpatient Clinics\n\n FORT WORTH, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nOmnicell, Inc. (Nasdaq:OMCL) (“Omnicell” or the “Company”), a leader in transforming the pharmacy and nursing care delivery model, today announced new products designed to streamline workflows and enhance inventory visibility and management in perioperative and clinic settings. These products, which leverage RFID tracking and intelligent software workflows, expand Omnicell’s connected platform that is intended to automate medication management processes and deliver intelligent insights to drive clinical and operational outcomes across all settings of care.\n\n“As healthcare facilities face ongoing staffing shortages and enterprise expansion, we believe resulting disconnected systems and processes introduce opportunities for error and risk,” said Nish Parekh, senior vice president and chief product officer at Omnicell. “Omnicell is focused on delivering scalable solutions that are designed to grow visibility, enhance intelligence, and streamline workflows, ultimately helping to close gaps in medication management across the care continuum.”\n\nMedTrack RFID Line\n\nWe believe the path to the industry-defined vision of the Autonomous Pharmacy demands full visibility to medication use throughout the health system. RFID tracking of medications is expected to provide enhanced visibility of tagged medications. When incorporated into existing pharmacy automation, it should drive more efficient workflows, and is anticipated to help reduce medication errors, stockouts, waste, and cost.\n\nOmnicell has announced the launch of a new line of RFID products, MedTrack, that are intended to increase accuracy and visibility of medications, make user workflows more efficient, and free time for clinicians to focus on higher value work.\n\nThe initial offering is MedTrack – OR, an RFID-enabled, single-deep drawer that is built to support operating room and anesthesia workflows and is designed to automatically track non-controlled medications without disrupting provider workflows. This is intended to help enable providers to focus on patient care versus documentation and to enable a ‘grab-and-go’ medication dispensing w...