Health Matters 11.indd - Maury Regional Healthcare System

Pharmacy implements system toenhance patient safetyThe Maury Regional Medical Center Pharmacyimplemented a new automated inventorymanagement system designed to enhance patientsafety through the use of barcode technology.“Because we want to offer every patient thehighest quality of care every day, our medicalcenter has made a commitment to provideadditional safety for medication administration,”said Pharmacy Director Jeff Binkley, PharmD.“We partnered with Swisslog to implement aninnovative approach to packaging and inventorymanagement to enhance accuracy, efficiency andflexibility for dispensing medications.”The revolutionary Beacon system offerspharmacies the ability to better organizemedications, track real-time utilization andinventory and further advance patient safety.When orders for patients are sent to thepharmacy, they are entered into the computersystem. A pharmacy staff member then uses a—4—