OREANDA-NEWS. December 06, 2012. McKesson Corporation, a Fortune 14 healthcare-services and information technology company, announced ScanAbility, a turnkey solution that helps hospital pharmacies reduce complexity, save time and money, and meet medication-safety goals with barcoded medications. ScanAbility is comprised of analytics and reporting tools, a simplified purchasing and billing process, as well as unit dose repackaging capabilities. ScanAbility drives quick time-to-value results to hospital pharmacies that are supporting bedside scanning technology, reported the press-centre of McKesson.

“The successful implementation of bedside medication scanning requires a pharmacy infrastructure that is capable of delivering over 99% of medication doses to the bedside with a scannable barcode,” said pharmacist Kevin Scheckelhoff, area vice president, McKesson Pharmacy Optimization®. “As it relates to barcode medication administration (BCMA), ScanAbility can provide hospital pharmacists with a detailed analysis of their unit dose oral medication needs, and provide a roadmap to help them achieve their pharmacy goals.”

Advanced Analytics Enables Informed Decision-Making
McKesson’s Pharmacy Optimization team of trusted advisors provides the services and best-practices foundation for ScanAbility. In a typical engagement, the hospital pharmacy will receive a comprehensive analysis of their pharmacy purchasing history outlining the optimal manufacturer-supplied, unit dose, barcoded items to purchase that meet their pharmacy’s goals. The entire process can be completed in less than a month.

Whether the hospital pharmacy is looking to optimize their internal packaging, seeking to minimize in-house repackage, or moving to a service center model, ScanAbility empowers buyers and pharmacy decision-makers with the insight they need to make informed decisions.

“The buying equation is very complex; where before, buyers were focused on price and availability, now there are barcode challenges to consider,” said Scheckelhoff. “McKesson has unique analytics capabilities, pharmacy leadership experience and specialized packaging expertise to build a barcode-readiness strategy that fits any hospital-pharmacy requirements.”

Comprehensive Repackaging Solutions to Meet Any Hospital Pharmacy Unit Dose Packaging Needs

McKesson offers the widest array of repackaging options that no other pharmaceutical distributor can provide, including:

McKesson Automation: A full portfolio of automation solutions to help optimize on-site packaging activity through high-speed packagers, overbag and bulk packagers, labeling technologies, and on-site packaging and consulting services.

Safecor Health: McKesson is partnering with Safecor Health, an FDA and DEA-registered third-party repackager, to deliver on-demand repackaging and bar coding of oral, non-sterile medications. Safecor Health’s unit dose solutions range from basic oral solid and oral liquid repackaging and barcoding needs, to extremely specialized and difficult-to-execute options that address complex pharmacy models and environments, including standardized oral doses for pediatric pharmacies.  Medications repackaged and bar coded by Safecor Health integrate seamlessly with all hospital-pharmacy systems, automated dispensing cabinets, pharmacy robots and carousels.

To further streamline customers’ purchasing process, McKesson automatically integrates order information, repackaging history, and invoicing information for Safecor Health into McKesson ConnectSM, McKesson’s online pharmaceutical-ordering portal.

Meet BoP®. McKesson’s Business of PharmacySM.

Currently helping more than 2,000 hospital pharmacies nationwide, the Business of Pharmacy (BoP) is McKesson’s evidence-based approach to optimizing the financial, operational and clinical performance of hospital pharmacies. Harnessing McKesson’s superior distribution, BoP extends across the entire business of hospital-pharmacy operations and provides the services and solutions to transform the pharmacy into a center of operational excellence that supports optimal patient care. For more information, please visit www.mckessonbop.com.

About McKesson Corporation
McKesson Corporation, currently ranked 14th on the FORTUNE 500, is a healthcare services and information technology company dedicated to making the business of healthcare run better. We partner with payers, hospitals, physician offices, pharmacies, pharmaceutical companies and others across the spectrum of care to build healthier organizations that deliver better care to patients in every setting. McKesson helps its customers improve their financial, operational, and clinical performance with solutions that include pharmaceutical and medical-surgical supply management, healthcare information technology, and business and clinical services. For more information, visit us at www.mckesson.com.