Healthcare IT News July 29, 2021
Sebastien Villars, senior director of product management at Omnicell, discusses how he predicts automation will have an impact on more streamlined medication management.
More streamlined medication workflows can improve patient safety and clinical staff efficiency, as well as reducing waste. Sebastien Villars, senior director of product management at Omnicell, anticipates the arrival of the autonomous pharmacy, enabled by robotics, integration and AI.
HITN: Tell us a little about current trends in terms of medication errors and their impact on hospital patient care?
HITN: You’ve described a serious problem – so how can telehealth help to reduce this volume of errors?
Villars: I would say that connecting retail pharmacy and community health with the hospital in a digital way is clearly...