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Benefits

Enhance Usability of Information
Users can see historical and inmate demographic information from a variety of perspectives including prescriptions containing a particular medication, type of medication, controlled substance, etc. This improves the pharmacy staff's ability to respond to situations such as a product recall or a lockdown.

Fill Orders Faster
With OMS Pharmacy Administration, a pharmacist can see and fill a prescription as soon as the order is entered by the physician, eliminating the need for paper prescriptions and the time required to physically transport them from the prescribing physician to the pharmacy. The system prints all required literature associated with an order (such as patient education, container labels and med sheet labels) at the time the order is filled.

Reduce Time Spent Managing Inventory
OMS Pharmacy Administration incorporates a very sophisticated perpetual inventory system that gives the pharmacist an accurate picture of actual drug availability. Tools within the system help pharmacy personnel make more timely and profitable ordering decisions resulting in more efficient inventory management.

Lower Purchasing Costs
The system maintains detailed usage information to aid administrators during contract negotiations with suppliers. In addition, it uses sophisticated algorithms that evaluate cost, discount incentives, packaging, current inventory and rate of usage to make purchase quantity recommendations. This process is designed to significantly reduce acquisition costs and personnel time required to manage the purchasing process.

Improve Security
With paper records, anyone who can access records can also edit and delete them, and there is no way to restrict access to just a portion of an inmate's record. The Pharmacy Administration application allows administrators to specify group and user rights to individual screens, thereby controlling the type of information accessed. Rights for a screen can be set to view, update, or delete data. In addition, all dispensed items are recorded under the technician and/or pharmacist name for auditability.

Increase Data Accessibility
All prescription history information is available to authorized users electronically, reducing time spent hunting for and retrieving paper files. It also reduces information loss due to misplaced or misfiled papers and eliminates the cost of managing a paper data store. All information is kept in a standardized format developed with input from industry professionals to be as easy to use as possible.