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AnMed Health Fully Integrates Medication Management
1. Case Study
AnMed Health
Fully Integrates Medication Management
At a Glance Despite a century of healing, AnMed The hospital also targeted bar codes
Health isn’t showing its age. In fact, to enhance medication dispensing
Organization this provider recently transformed and administration safety. McKesson’s
AnMed Health its medication management process robotic dispensing technology
Anderson, S.C. to address patient safety challenges. was added in the pharmacy while
– 560 beds The result is a fully integrated process medication cabinets were placed
that has reduced medication errors, on patient floors. The model was
– 21,400 inpatient admissions enhanced physician use of technology, so efficient that AnMed was able
annually improved patient outcomes, and to redeploy pharmacists for more
– 77,800 emergency/urgent added $800,000 to the bottom line. clinical interventions while other
care visits staff focused on ensuring that
– 198,600 outpatient visits Challenge all dispensed medications were
In the late 1990s, AnMed Health’s bar coded.
Solution Spotlight leadership recognized that integrated
– AcuDose-Rx medication management was the AnMed deployed electronic nursing
key to patient safety. With a mostly documentation to support complete
– Horizon Admin-Rx charting and standardized plans of
manual system, the hospital needed
– Horizon Clinicals care. Caregivers began to use bar-code
a solution that would eliminate
– Horizon Expert Documentation inefficiencies and errors. The provider scanning technology to help ensure
– Horizon Expert Orders also wanted to control costs, the “five rights” of medication
enhance communications and administration. And since safe
– Horizon Meds Manager
engage clinicians – especially medication use depends on accurate
– Horizon Order Management knowledge of patient allergies,
physicians – to use technology
– Horizon Patient Folder AnMed also implemented full
to improve patient outcomes.
– HorizonWP Physician Portal bi-directional allergy integration.
– MedDirect “Patient safety and quality
healthcare is the Holy Grail of “We completely changed our
– ROBOT-Rx
medicine,” explains Dr. Michael workflow and ‘married’ pharmacy
Tillirson, chief medical officer. and nursing with integrated
Critical Issues
“We had to streamline clinical technologies,” says Tina Jury, chief
– Manual paper-based processes nursing officer. “When all disciplines
processes and decrease variation
– Patient and medication safety in practice to enhance safety and are documenting and reviewing
– Poor communication achieve excellence.” patient information in the same
system, you enable the best care
– Rising healthcare costs
Answers possible.”
Results AnMed partnered with McKesson In 2006, AnMed deployed
– Integrated clinical systems for a comprehensive system, starting computerized provider order
for closed-loop medication with dispensing and transcribing in entry/clinical decision support
management the pharmacy. Using McKesson’s (CPOE/CDS). To prepare physicians,
– Achieved a 95% or higher pharmacy information solution as the the hospital replaced paper charts
compliance rate for bar-code hub, pharmacists built the foundation with McKesson’s electronic document
scanning for orders, streamlined workflow management system in 1998, followed
and rules-based alerting. by a physician portal in 2003.
– Enhanced clinician communication
and care processes
– Streamlined care processes
– Saved more than $800,000