McKesson PROmanager-Rx is an automated hospital pharmacy dispensing system that drives down errors in several key ways:

1. Medications loaded, stored, and dispensed from the PROmanager-Rx automated pharmacy dispensing system come with the veracity of manufacturer unit-dose bar-code packaging.
2. All processes are bar-code driven—filling, restocking, and returns. Every dose dispensed from the system is bar-code scanned.
3. All processes are fully automated without opportunity for human error. The system has the sophistication to detect any anomaly should it occur during medication dispensing or restocking, providing alerts and taking other appropriate actions to prevent any error.

The practice of pharmacy is within the purview of the hospital and the State Board of Pharmacy. Where states are amenable to less than 100 percent checking based on automation, PROmanager-Rx should be eligible, as ROBOT-Rx pharmacy automation systems have been. Pharmacist checking of manufacturer-packaged medications normally is not required. (In May 2009, Riverside Methodist Hospital received a check waiver from Ohio’s State Board of Pharmacy to conduct a QA check in lieu of a full pharmacist check for medications dispensed by PROmanager-Rx.) Furthermore, Connect-Rx® software provides an electronic pharmacist checking utility for PROmanager-Rx to facilitate the checking process, whether a QA check or 100 percent check is conducted.

The PROmanager-Rx robotic pharmacy dispensing system is available as a 12,000-dose unit (dual carousel) system.

PROmanager-Rx was designed to efficiently store and dispense package-ready oral solid medications. For most acute care hospitals, oral solid medications constitute up to 80 percent of patient cart fill, first dose, and unit-based cabinet replenishment requirements.

PROmanager-Rx pharmacy dispensing system is not recommended as an optimal narcotics management tool; it does not include the physical security and software controls and reporting typically required for narcotic management systems.

Contact McKesson to learn more about pharmacy dispensing system PROmanager-Rx