New pharmacy automation technologies are helping to improve operations and cut costs, according to an article on the Hospitals & Health Networks website.
Lean trends include flexible configurations in a smaller space. As automation cabinet designs become more flexible, hospitals to be creative with space design.
Dispensing cabinets may have a single, smaller tower with interchangeable, modular drawers that provide needed technology in a smaller space.
This smaller footprint increases flexibility in terms of how and where automated cabinets can be positioned on hospital floors, the article said.
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