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AND A SINGLE PLATFORM TO UNIFY COMPLEX SYSTEMS, PRACTICES AND PROCESSES. The path of getting medications safely and efficiently to patients isn't an easy one. Across the medication use process, there are an average of 30 steps required to get one medication to one patient and a 45% likelihood of error or defect.1 Considering many healthcare systems process an average of 20,000 doses per day, the need for visibility, standardization and connected systems is greater than ever.

To manage these steps, healthcare systems have invested heavily in electronic health record (EHR) and point-solution technology, but they have seen nominal process gains from disconnected technologies, lack of visibility and variation in practices.

That is why BD is creating a single platform comprised of integrated Pyxis™ and Alaris™ technologies and expert services designed to help you optimize your medication management process from the pharmacy to the patient, across your entire healthcare system.



With BD, you will run a leaner, more productive, secure and cost-efficient health system that is better positioned to achieve its financial, and patient safety and satisfaction goals—today and as you grow.

  • Manage fewer disparate systems, databases and user credentials.
  • Push formulary, scan code and user role account updates across all Pyxis™ ES and Pyxis Pharmogistics™ system-managed sites and facilities within your health system.
  • Increase staff efficiency and productivity by eliminating redundant steps and instituting consistent workflows across all locations.

With BD, you will gain a holistic view of your processes with actionable data to leverage and set proper par values, identify diversion risk areas and assess the efficiency of your workflows and processes.

  • Improve workload balance in the pharmacy by knowing when you need more people picking or more people compounding medications.
  • Prioritize preparation, checking and restocking activities to deliver medications to patients.
  • Optimize inventory, and ensure the exact medications are available when needed, decreasing waste and carrying costs.
  • Automate ordering and receiving workflow, plus generate compliance documentation for all medications, including IVs and controlled substances.

With BD clinical services, you will collaborate on a tailored roadmap and implementation plan designed to help you achieve your unique productivity, cost and safety goals.

  • Learn about process gaps and areas for improvement, examine solution recommendations and visualize the long-term, strategic value of your project.
  • See which of your systems can talk to each other and share data, along with areas where workflow and policy differences and data variability are creating inefficiencies.
  • Spend one-on-one time with our medication management experts, where they will learn firsthand about the challenges your employees face every day, identify opportunities for further nursing/pharmacy alignment and provide at-the-elbow support for new processes and technologies.
  • Receive ongoing support before, during and after your implementation to employ best practices to deliver the safest and most cost-effective care to your patients, increase adoption and realize the full potential of your medication management efforts.

With the BD medication management platform—which covers everything from inventory to administration—you will streamline your medication processes across your entire healthcare system.

  • See a patient’s history, including a graphic timeline of their inpatient visits, diagnoses, active inpatient orders and medication refills.
  • Review a patient’s orders, queue the medications and know exactly which station to visit for medications—and do it all at the patient’s bedside.
  • Ensure no discrepancies exist between what medications were ordered and what were administered.
  • See in near real time where bottlenecks exist that can impact efficiency and safety.

Most of all, we'll help you consistently deliver needed medications safely and with confidence. Discover the difference of one platform and one dedicated partner.


References
1 Porché, RA, ed. Medication Use: A Systems Approach to Reducing Errors. 2nd ed. Oakbrook Terrace, IL: Joint Commission Resources; 2008.

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