Automated drug-dispensing improves care at nursing homes

[Pharmacy Technology Resource, LLC]

Sunday, June 22, 2008

Automated drug-dispensing improves care at nursing homes
By BOB MOOS / The Dallas Morning News bm...@dallasnews.com


Getting the right prescription drug into the right hands at the right
time can be a logistical nightmare for nursing homes, but a Grapevine-
based health care technology company and a Mesquite senior living
community have found a way to eliminate medication errors, slash drug
costs and save nurses time.



The OnSiteRx system reduces medical errors and saves on drug costs,
says the CEO of Christian Care Centers.



The OnSiteRx system, developed by Provider Business Solutions,
combines an automated drug-dispensing machine with Web-based software
that allows physicians, nurses and pharmacists to order prescriptions,
check for side effects and deliver the medication to nursing home
residents in minutes.



"We've taken existing technologies and combined them in a way they've
never been before," said Phil Elmore, president and chief executive of
Christian Care Centers Inc., a nonprofit senior care organization that
has tested the system at its Mesquite and Gunter, Texas, campuses. "We
hope the result will be a revolution in how nursing homes dispense
drugs."

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