ADU
Cerner “smart room” tour
“…a tour of the All-Digital Smart Room and discusses components including Cerners Room Wizard, Clinical Dashboard, myStation, medical device integration and RxStation.” The video references Fisher-Titus Medical Center in Norwalk. “Medications tab” ~5:33. Home meds, current meds, and discharge meds presented with option to view drug information. “Medical device integration” ~8:45 to feed info into […]
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Thinking about a better Automated Dispensing Unit (ADU)
Automated Dispensing Units (ADUs), also referred to as Automated Dispensing Cabinets (ADCs), are nothing new to hospital pharmacy. Over 80% of hospital pharmacies use ADUs. The most common is a product from Cardinal called Pyxis MedStation. Others include Omnicell SinglePointe, McKessen AutoDose-Rx and medDISPENSE (part of Emerson Electric Co.). Currently Pyxis is the clear front runner, […]
Posted in Automation, Medication Safety | Tagged ADU, AutoDose-Rx, AutoPack, AutoPharm, InSite, medDISPENSE, Omnicell, Pyxis | Permalink | 11 Responses