Technology and Innovation

"Our commitment to innovation and technology helps us streamline processes and maximize facility-to-pharmacy communications."
—Brian Scott VP Long-term care services

In an era that has seen continuous increases in regulatory compliance, technology has become one of our most indispensable tools in providing facilities with state-of-the-art institutional pharmacy services.

Here's how we do it...

AMOS: Automated Medication Ordering System

Health Direct Pharmacy customers utilize an electronic pharmacy system entitled AMOS™ Automated Medication Ordering System. AMOS™ provides a Facility to Pharmacy data communications link via the Internet or local Intranet, giving the facility immediate access to real-time pharmacy information for its residents.

  • Each facility has a specific log-on identification.
  • Each facility can place, verify, request prescriptions, refills, last fill, active orders and delivery schedule.
  • Enter new resident admission information.
  • Perform drug pricing inquiries
  • Access drug clinical information
  • View last prescription fill dates
  • Print MAR's
  • Kinney Drugs' pharmacy system also has the ability to interface with multiple other electronic programs for the submission of prescriptions

Track Point: Our internal quality assurance software

Prescriptions pass through a series of electronic scans to ensure that the correct drug is packaged and delivered to the correct customer at the correct time. Track Point provides our pharmacy with a virtually fail safe method to ensure that the drug dispensed is the same as the drug shown on the label at the correct strength.

Order Fulfillment & Verification
Pharmacist Review & Verification
Tote Scan

DocuTrack

Eliminates lost faxes, quicker processing of prescriptions, increases efficiencies and allows us to store and retrieve information instantly.

Improved Customer Service

  • No more lost faxes
  • Fewer & shorter telephone calls
  • Respond immediately to inquiries

Increased Productivity

  • Eliminate/re-assign paper related tasks
  • Process more orders per FTE

Reduce Costs

  • Eliminate paper-related costs
  • Streamline/centralize pharmacy operations

onePAC- Medication Management System

Health Direct onePAC packaging ensures safe and accurate medication administration in myriad extended-care settings.

  • A. Patient name
  • B. Medication names and strengths
  • C. Time of administration
  • D. Bar code for bedside scanning

onePAC compliance packaging is personalized by resident. Each unit or multi-dose package contains all the information needed to ensure the right person receives the right medication at the right time, every time.

The advantages of onePAC compliance packaging are clearly visible:

  • More time for resident care
  • 30% time savings
  • Limits waste and destruction
  • More cost effective
  • Reduced medication errors
  • Improved inventory management
  • Peace of mind for families

Many onePAC facilities report that improved compliance and greater staff engagement can measurably improve resident health, lifting quality of care and reducing costs with fewer days lost to hospitalizations.

"The most important goal is to get the right medication to the right person at the right time in the right quantity. We never have an error with the onePAC packaging.

If you can complete that mission with a system that is time-efficient and frees staff to provide additional care, why wouldn't you make that decision?"
—Mitch Bunch, Wesley Haven Villas

Customized Delivery Dispensing System

  • Specialized Packaging/blister pack, pill & vile, 1/2 tabs, onePAC packaging
  • Automatic Reordering/Monthly Exchange
  • Leave of absence program

e/Pharmacy

CPOE: Computerized Physician Order Entry
eRx: Electronic Prescribing
eMAR: Mobile, Wireless Electronic Medical Records
eTar: Electronic Treatment Records
DUR: Resident Specific Drug Utilization Review

Automated Validation of Facility Formulary and PDP Plans