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Until medDISPENSE, automated dispensing was something only large hospitals could afford. The cost of the equipment was high and it took a team of information system experts to integrate and maintain the complicated network infrastructure.
medDISPENSE changed all that with solutions that are affordable, reliable and easy to use. Whether you are at a large urban hospital or a small, community facility, medDISPENSE has a solution to meet your automated medication dispensing needs.
Here's why hundreds of hospitals nationwide have chosen medDISPENSE:
- Nurses can quickly obtain patient medications even when the pharmacy is closed
- medDISPENSE cabinets have the highest capacity in the industry
- Software is logical and easy to use
- Solid interfacing to hospital information systems
- Virtually eliminates end-of-shift counts
- Reliable and responsive customer support
medDISPENSE is particularly effective for controlling narcotics and floor stock. It is also utilized effectively for dispensing PRNs, first doses, night supply and in some cases replaces the medication cart for all routine medications. In each instance, while nurses have access to the medications they need, pharmacists maintain control of the medications for which they are responsible.
medDISPENSE may be interfaced with the hospital's information system, or it may stand alone (see Software for further information). Either way, all dispensing transactions are tracked and the data is captured and retained for the life of the system. Moreover, this information is easily retrievable. Customized usage reports are simple to run and reprinted at any time.
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Small Hospitals
medDISPENSE uniquely understands the needs of small hospitals. Our company was founded in 1997 to provide dispensing solutions to facilities that had previously been ignored by our competitors. We understood that any hospital - regardless of size - needs 24/7 access to medications, improved inventory control and increased security. Using medDISPENSE, small hospitals can provide nurses with vital access to medications during periods when the pharmacy is not staffed. And medDISPENSE provides this access securely and safely.
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Critical Access Hospitals
Critical Access Hospitals, by definition, are located in rural areas, provide 24-hour emergency care and have no more than 25 inpatient beds. A medDISPENSE automated medication dispensing system offers secure, 24/7 availability to medications without having a pharmacist on site. And given the Federal legislation that defines a Critical Access Hospital; CMS will cover the Medicare portion of the costs of obtaining dispensing automation, such as medDISPENSE, if the equipment is procured with an operating lease. Such expenses are considered part of your facility's normal cost of operations and delivering patient care and should be included in your cost reports submitted to CMS.
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Specialty Hospitals and Facilities
Are you in a specialty hospital or clinic? If so, the affordability of medDISPENSE systems makes purchasing or leasing a system feasible for unique operations. Not only are drug charges captured automatically, but nurses are able to quickly access medications without locating or waiting for the pharmacist. Moreover, because medDISPENSE is a customer-focused company, we can work with you to tailor a system that best meets your needs.
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Psychiatric Hospitals
Parity in mental healthcare now extends beyond insurance benefits. Behavioral health facilities recognize that the same level of secure, safe access to needed medications requires the use of automation. This has been done for years in med-surg, now forward thinking organizations like PSI find medDISPENSE an ideal choice for their psychiatric hospitals. Not only does this significantly improve patient care, it helps attract and retain skilled nursing talent.
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Residential Treatment Centers
The built-in security of medDISPENSE systems make them ideal for a residential treatment center setting. Password-protected software and virtually indestructible hardware, plus secure drug return bins, ensure nurse-only access to medications.
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Long-term Acute Care Hospitals (LTACs)
medDISPENSE has been the choice of most major LTAC chains for nearly a decade. In fact, these institutions were some of the first to recognize the value of using medDISPENSE to eliminate the need for cart fill. Today, with ever increasing pressure to control cost and yet provide the highest level of care to serve the needs of patients requiring long hospitalization.
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Rehabilitation Hospitals
medDISPENSE's first customer installation took place in 1997 in a rehabilitation hospital in Dothan, AL. Today, our systems are in use in two-thirds of the rehabilitation hospitals in the United States. We are proud of our tradition of being the automation system of choice to the rehabilitation hospital industry. medDISPENSE has a proven ability to provide a rehab nurse with ready access to medications 24/7. Secure, cost-effective and scalable, medDISPENSE solutions improve operations and security.
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