Case Studies
Review case studies from customers and learn how they leveraged McKesson Automation robotic
dispensing solutions to realize cost and labor efficiencies.
March 2010
While automated systems for medication dispensing were already in place, the rapidly increasing medication volume at Riverside Methodist was straining labor capacity and becoming a safety concern in addition to a serious drain on labor costs. By implementing PROmanager-Rx, Riverside Methodist was able to reduce daily manual picks to nearly zero, achieved a 95%+ scan rate for all meds leaving the pharmacy, limited outsource packaging and reduced pharmacy packaging labor.
Patient Safety Thrives in Rural Tennessee Hospital following
Pharmacy Automation Conversion
May 2008
Looking to position themselves for bar-code point-of-care administration and CPOE systems, as well as to reduce the risk of medication errors and improve efficiency, Cookeville Regional implemented several McKesson automated solutions and realized improved medication dispensing accuracy to 99.9%, avoided a projected 215 potential ADEs annually, reduced cart fill labor, accelerated medication picking time and projected an ROI of 136% over five years.
Nursing, Pharmacy Benefit from ROBOT-Rx Medication Dispensing Solution
August 2007
Evergreen Hospital, a 250-bed hospital in Seattle, improved dispensing accuracy to 99.9%, conducted 24,000 clinical interventions annually, saving $1.9 million, cut first dose fill labor by 78% and reduced cart fill labor by 72% when they implemented automation solutions to support their existing nurse server model.