Future of Pharmacy Podcast | Omnicell

The high cost and complexity of specialty medications often contribute to adherence issues that negatively impact patient outcomes. Increasing adherence requires streamlined access to specialty medications and clear and frequent communication with patients to discuss dosage, frequency, side effects, interactions, and more. Learn how Bausch Health and Omnicell Specialty Pharmacy Services worked together to improve adherence to XIFAXAN, a specialty medication used to treat overt hepatic encephalopathy (OHE), by expediting the prior authorization process and conducting in-depth medication counseling.Ken Perez, Vice President, Healthcare Policy and Government Affairs
 

Recent technological advanceshave provided a solution to historical challenges with IV automation. These enhancements allow technicians to increase production and ensure greater accuracy while reducing human error or variationrisks. In either case, making it easier than before. Huntsville Hospital in Alabama was faced with the question of why they should choose IV automation? They had to go back a decade to answer that question, but it'seasy. Their primary goals, both then and today, are safety and savings. IV robotics helps bring those two goals together.
Guest Host: Dennis Wright, Senior Director, Product Marketing
Guest Expert: Berkley Sykes, Pharmacy Operations Manager, Huntsville Hospital

Introduction­
 
As a leader in innovation within healthcare, Texas Children's Hospital (TCH) consistently seeks ways to leverage technology and automation to support efficient medication management for its mother-baby and pediatric populations. Seeking intelligent medication management solutions, TCH selected an as-a-Service offering that combined an automated dispensing system with expert services to optimize their central pharmacy operations. Learn from industry experts how pharmacy automation and an intelligent infrastructure transform medication management to support better care and outcomes for mother-baby, pediatric, and patient populations.
 
Participants
 
·      Jeff Wagner, Vice President, Pharmacy, Respiratory Care, and Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) Services
·      Gee Mathen, Director, Pharmacy Clinical Applications, Technical Services, Texas Children's Hospital
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COVID-19 has reminded us of the importance of nurses in our lives and why we must invest in them. Healthcare is one of the hardest-hit areas of the Great Resignation, with stress and burnout leading to nurses leaving the profession in high numbers. Learn from prominent healthcare experts how to limit the impact of nursing shortages by leveraging intelligent infrastructure, automation, and data intelligence.
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In struggling to keep up with everyday demand, health system pharmacies must overcome disparate data systems, inadequate information flow, and incongruous workarounds that significantly reduce inventory accuracy. Find out how pharmacy leaders break down these data silos with advanced analytical tools that provide visibility, insight, and workflow enhancements, leading to inventory optimization and cost reduction.
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Learn how retail pharmacies are leveraging advanced digital technologies that enable them to improve patient engagement, optimize revenue performance, and deliver high-value clinical services. 
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The Operating Room is a dynamic setting. The medications used are high risk and need immediate monitoring and oversight. At any moment, a patient’s condition can turn critical. Find out how pharmacy solutions help to ensure drug availability, auditing, reconciliation, compliance, and patient safety.
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Learn how the University of Maryland Medical Center reversed its reliance on 503B vendors through an IV robotics insourcing program for compounded sterile products (CSPs). The result is a strategic services operation delivering advanced CSP services across its organization, resulting in improved safety, increased efficiencies, and significant cost savings
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Learn how innovative leaders at Owensboro Health are sidestepping labor issues, up-leveling clinical programs, and optimizing medication management processes with advanced technology operated by a dedicated, resident expert.
 
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Introduction
As the safety of compounding practices comes under renewed scrutiny from authoritative bodies, more attention is being paid to assistive and robotic technologies. Learn how a stepped approach to adopting compounding technology can lead to safer, more efficient, and cost effective compounding operations.
Participants
Host:
Ken Perez, Vice President, Healthcare Policy and Government Affairs, Omnicell, Inc.
Guest Expert:
Kevin N. Hansen, PharmD, MS, BCPS, BCSCP, Assistant Director of Pharmacy, Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital
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