PROmanager-Rx by McKesson is the only automated medication dispensing system specifically designed for accurate dispensing of manufacturer-packaged oral solid medications, commonly referred to as blister packaged medications, in the hospital pharmacy. It is ideal for patient-centric filling, with bar-code-driven robotics scanning every dose to help reduce medication errors for the greatest possible safety and accuracy.

Hospital pharmacists are freed from packaging and dispensing activities so they can play more integral roles on the clinical care team. Bar-code scanning also simplifies tasks such as managing returns, expired meds, and overall inventory.

The automated medication dispensing system receives patient orders electronically from the Connect-Rx® system. The system reads the patient bar-code label, associates the patient's information with the Connect-Rx order, rotates the storage carousel to the position where the medication is stored, scans and selects the medication, and then delivers it either to a cassette on the bin conveyor or to a front chute, where the dispense is verified by bar-code ID scanning.

Automatic Restocking

The PROmanager-Rx system automatically restocks itself using bar-coded restocking trays. The operator fills the restocking trays with unit-dose medications, loads the trays into the restock drawer, and notifies the system that the medications are ready for restocking. It scans each tray to determine the inventory expiration date; scans each medication to verify medication identification and to assign a storage location; and picks and places the medication into its assigned location.

Returned medications are handled in much the same way. The patient-specific container is scanned as are the individual medications to accomplish full crediting before loading medications into the restock trays.

Contact McKesson to learn more about how the PROmanager-Rx automated medication dispensing system can help your hospital pharmacy simplify tasks and reduce the risk of medication errors.