Parkland Health & Hospital System Rolls Out Innovation's PharmASSIST Technology Platform Across Nine Phar...( JOHNSON CITY N.Y. Nov. 20 /- Innovati...),Health

JOHNSON CITY, N.Y., Nov. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Innovation, makers of PharmASSIST(R) pharmacy automation solutions, today announced that Parkland Health & Hospital System in Dallas, Texas has implemented the firm's PharmASSIST technology platform across all of its nine pharmacy sites. Parkland Health & Hospital System has deployed the PharmASSIST Symphony(R) workflow management software as their core workflow platform. For those sites filling higher volumes of prescriptions, the hospital has complemented Symphony with PharmASSIST counting technology using either robotic dispensing with PharmASSIST ROBOTx(R), or non-robotic dispensing with PharmASSIST Symphony+(R). Overall, the multi-site hospital system is filling approximately 6000 prescriptions daily using the technology platform.

"We were at a crossroads with our technology as our existing automation system's contract was coming to a close. As always, patient safety is our highest priority and we felt strongly that Innovation's technology suite offered our pharmacies the most comprehensive patient safety features," said Director, Pharmacy Services, Vivian Bradley Johnson, PharmD., MBA, Parkland Health & Hospital System. "From an efficiency standpoint, having the Symphony workflow as our hub has added much needed structure and has helped us streamline our entire fulfillment process, enabling us to reduce our turnaround times by around 30%."

To fill an average of 6000 prescriptions daily across nine sites, the pharmacies use Symphony integrated with their Cerner PharmNet(R) pharmacy management system as their process control center. The sites employ Symphony workstations throughout their workflow for order entry, Rx imaging, Rx filling (both auto and manual), verification, will call, and patient pickup. Innovation has also worked closely with Parkland's pharmacy operations team to custom develop a will call bin management solution that provides fast acc
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