2021 Best In KLAS Medication Inventory Management

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Medication Inventory Management 2022

24 February 22 | Doug VanWagenen and Jackson Tate

Medication inventory represents tremendous hospital spend. Managing it well is crucial for patient safety and cost management, yet many healthcare organizations report they struggle to get the right tools and workflows in place, leading to high-touch, manual processes. To understand what is possible with medication inventory management today, KLAS spoke to organizations that have broadly adopted capabilities from BD, Epic, Omnicell, and Swisslog Healthcare. Based on the feedback from these advanced users, this report examines the breadth of capabilities in use today, how well the solutions integrate with various hardware components, and how well the vendors support their customers to drive key outcomes. Performance data from vendors’ general customer bases is also included for additional context.

Company/solution	Overall performance score (100-point scale)	Total evaluations	Trend (2020-2021)	Culture	Loyalty	Operations	Product	Relationship	Value

BD Inventory Management (Pyxis Logistics, Pyxis ES, HealthSight Analytics)	83.9	n=24	0%	C+	A	B	B	B	B

Omnicell Inventory Management (Central Pharmacy Manager, Performance Center)	78.7	n=22	0%	C+	B+	C	B	B	C-

Swisslog Healthcare AutoPharm Enterprise	71.7	n=18	0%	C	C-	C	C	D+	C
	50.0	100.0

Company/solution	Trend (2020-2021)	Culture	Loyalty	Operations	Product	Relationship	Value

BD Inventory Management (Pyxis Logistics, Pyxis ES, HealthSight Analytics) 83.9 n=24 COMMENTS	0%	C+	A	B	B	B	B
Omnicell Inventory Management (Central Pharmacy Manager, Performance Center) 78.7 n=22 COMMENTS	0%	C+	B+	C	B	B	C-
Swisslog Healthcare AutoPharm Enterprise 71.7 n=18 COMMENTS	0%	C	C-	C	C	D+	C

Company/solution	Overall performance score (100-point scale)	Total evaluations	Culture	Loyalty	Operations	Product	Relationship	Value

Epic Willow Inventory (Inpatient) * L	86.3	n=13	B	A	B	B	A-	A-

Swisslog Healthcare Pharmacy Manager * L	61.6	n=11	F	D+	D	D-	D-	C-

Company/solution	Overall performance score (100-point scale)	Total evaluations

Epic Willow Inventory (Inpatient) * L culture B loyalty A operations B product B relationship A- value A-	86.3	n=13

Swisslog Healthcare Pharmacy Manager * L culture F loyalty D+ operations D product D- relationship D- value C-	61.6	n=11

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