Cardinal Health said that, for the first time, nurses and other clinicians will be able to use one application to monitor orders for their patients, determine the location of medications, pre-program pumps for IV infusions, verify the accuracy of medications administered and document to the hospital’s existing IT systems.
This is made possible by new technologies from Cardinal Health and a new seamless information flow among its Care Fusion bedside verification application, Pyxis MedStation units and Alaris System IV pumps.
The new point of care technology allows clinical data to flow from the hospital pharmacy information system through a single Cardinal Health interface. The system will also support reporting to other information technology systems in the hospital.
Our new point of care technology will help hospitals solve some of their most difficult problems in improving patient safety and will make the medication workflow for clinicians simpler and safer by eliminating many of the hand-offs that lead to mistakes, said Dwight Winstead, group president of clinical technologies and services for Cardinal Health. In addition, it will allow hospitals to leverage their current and future investments in Pyxis, Alaris and Care Fusion products.
Cardinal Health has also launched Integrated Medication Solutions to help hospitals more efficiently purchase and manage their medications through the entire medication use process. Integrated Medication Solutions include a collection of systems, services and consultants that maximizes safety, efficiency and cost savings throughout the medication management process.
