Talyst Demonstrates Advanced Features of AutoPharm(R) 3 Hospital Pharmacy Automation, Extending Controls and Efficiencies.
Capabilities Unveiled at ASHP Conference Include Enhanced Medication Tracking, Mobile Computing Functions and Extended Inventory Control Throughout the Central Pharmacy and Remote Locations
BELLEVUE, Wash. -- Talyst today unveiled the latest generation of automation systems for central-pharmacy operations, designed to meet the evolving needs of acute-care hospitals, medical centers and integrated healthcare systems.
AutoPharm 3, Talyst's software platform, links and unifies disparate systems of various manufacturers, all to enable the central pharmacy to achieve enhanced patient safety, improved operating efficiency and precise pharmacy control. Throughout the hospital, medications can be tracked from the point of entry to the automated dispensing unit or patient care area.
The first industry demonstrations of AutoPharm 3 are underway this week at the 2007 Midyear Clinical Meeting of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP), in Las Vegas. Talyst is exhibiting in booth #2047 at the Sands Expo Center.
The new AutoPharm 3 will be available during the first half of 2008. More than 300 medical facilities have already installed or committed to using Talyst AutoPharm.
Third-generation advantages
"The AutoPharm platform has always been innovative for the central pharmacy. But now this third generation has become more comprehensive, adaptable and user friendly," according to James E. Torina, president and chief executive officer of Talyst. "This market-leading functionality will enable our customers to gain greater safety and cost control over their medications, and extend that control beyond the walls of the pharmacy, to remote inventory locations and patient care areas."
New features in AutoPharm 3 include:
* Broader Inventory Control -- AutoPharm 3 extends inventory controls to all locations within the pharmacy and to remote inventory locations, within and beyond the hospital walls. AutoPharm provides richer support for all inventory locations, including Talyst's unique AutoCool controlled-access refrigerator, traditional refrigerators, static shelving and satellite locations in the hospital and multi-hospital systems.
* Chain of Custody -- AutoPharm 3 enables precise tracking of medications at every step of the fulfillment process, including after totes or carts leave the central pharmacy. AutoPharm documents when the medications leave the pharmacy and when they are delivered to the patient care area, automated dispensing unit or satellite pharmacy location.
