What is PROmanager-Rx?

The PROmanager-Rx™ hospital pharmacy automation system increases accuracy and eliminates process steps by automating the use of package-ready oral solid medications. Using bar-code-scanning robotics, PROmanager-Rx automatically stores, dispenses, and manages all medication returns and credits. PROmanager-Rx pharmaceutical dispensing is ideal for patient-specific filling operations, and successfully positions hospitals for bar-code medication administration.

What is unique and important about PROmanager-Rx?

The combination of manufacturer packaging, bar-code scanning of every dose, and sophisticated software makes PROmanager-Rx the safest automated pharmacy system available in the market. Furthermore, PROmanager-Rx requires the lowest pharmacist involvement of any automated or robotic pharmacy system available because it eliminates the need to check packaging. (The Ohio State Board of Pharmacy already has awarded a Q.A. check waiver specifically to PROmanager-Rx.) PROmanager-Rx offers an extremely compact footprint, especially for its capacity, and offers ease of installation, with no special power or compressed air requirements. PROmanager-Rx provides a compelling benefits story, ROI, and payback period at dispensing volumes readily encountered in the majority of acute care hospitals.

Who should consider PROmanager-Rx?

Hospital pharmacy directors seeking to fully leverage manufacturer packaging and considering automation systems should take a closer look at PROmanager-Rx.

• Community-sized hospitals (daily census of 50-150). When compared with other automation systems, PROmanager-Rx offers unprecedented scalability and affordability. The system is ideal for hospitals facing space and capital constraints, delivering safety, productivity, and inventory control improvements for facilities dispensing 1,000 or more oral solid doses per day.
• Mid-size hospitals (average daily census of 150-400). PROmanager-Rx is ideal for patient-specific dispensing. On average, it automates 65-70 percent of a pharmacy’s daily dispensing needs. PROmanager-Rx significantly reduces pharmacist labor because it eliminates the need for unit-dose packaging and package checking. Because it scans every dose it dispenses, PROmanager-Rx is perfectly positioned for hospitals currently live, or migrating to, bar-code medication administration systems.
• Larger hospitals (average daily census 400 or more). PROmanager-Rx supports the oral solids workload for patient-specific filling in a large hospital, while the other medication forms are managed through McKesson’s MedCarousel® or IntelliShelf-Rx™.Hospitals in this category may have a preference to fully automate dispensing of nearly all patient-specific unit-dose

How much floor space do I need for PROmanager-Rx?

PROmanager-Rx features an attractive and compact appliance-like design, with a footprint approximately 12 ft. wide by 5 ft. deep, including the bin conveyor. McKesson recommends a floor space of 15 ft. wide by 8 ft. deep, with 8 ft. of height clearance.

What other physical considerations are there for PROmanager-Rx?

The system is powered by a single, 120-volt electrical outlet, and also requires sufficient electrical capacity for accompanying workstations and printers. PROmanager-Rx also requires a connection to the customer’s local area network. McKesson Automation will provide specifications on the empty and maximum weight of PROmanager-Rx, so that you may ensure that the load-bearing capacity of the floor in the proposed location is sufficient.

Who manufactures PROmanager-Rx?

McKesson Automation designs and manufactures both hardware and software for PROmanager-Rx at its manufacturing facility near Cranberry Township, PA, approximately 25 miles north of Pittsburgh. Along with the hardware, PROmanager-Rx’s software, workstations and bar-code functionality deliver the processes that have a significant impact on a customer’s operations.