EZ-Flow Overview

HCC is pleased to offer EZ-Flow^®, a flexible workflow management solution that can help pharmacies avoid costly dispensing errors and improve customer service levels.

With a shortage of pharmacists, trained technicians must be depended upon to help meet the demand for filling ever-increasing volumes of prescriptions. The pharmacist is now a supervisor of technical staff and a clinical information provider for patients.

When workloads increase, accuracy and efficiency can deteriorate unless changes are made in workflow. Implementation of safety checks, visual prompts and prescription imaging is critical to managing increased prescription volumes. EZ-Flow makes pharmacies safer and more efficient.

EZ-Flow is compatible with HCC's RX-1, Alpha-PC and Synercom pharmacy management systems.

The Process

Tote ID and Preparation

• Technicians record prescriptions in the pharmacy management software and print the prescription labels.
• Fingerprint sensors identify system operators for security and tracking purposes. A barcode scanner then identifies the tote (a small plastic basket) to which the prescription is assigned.
• Technicians take digital photos of the patient's prescriptions, save the images in the EZ-Flow software and place the prescriptions in the tote where they stay until completion of the prescription fill or refill workflow process.

Prescription Fill

• Because National Drug Code (NDC) numbers on prescription labels and manufacturer labels must match, technicians scan the bar codes on both labels. EZ-Flow provides warning messages for bar code mismatches and tracks errors for management reports.
• While counting the required number of doses, technicians can view standard or enlarged drug images, special dose description information and expanded drug information. Images can be captured and saved for drugs without Medi-Span photos.
• Technicians place the filled prescriptions and manufacturers' bottles in the patient's workflow tote.

Prescription Verification

• Pharmacists scan and review each new or refill prescription in the patient's workflow tote.
• Images of the doctor's original prescription order and the hard-copy portion of the label can also be displayed on the screen.
• Completed prescriptions are manually marked or automatically flagged when scanned at the POS lane or with HCC's EZ-Sign signature capture system.

Status Check

• Prescriptions can be manually marked as complete, automatically flagged when scanned at the POS lane or documented with the EZ-Sign signature capture system.
• Prescription status can be checked any time with a prescription number or patient driven searches.

Features

• A digital camera captures images immediately.
• Multiple terminals can be used to segregate workflow tasks by station function.
• Unique step-saving single terminal prescription fill and workflow check
• A Help System is included for each workflow step.
• Extensive reporting includes scanning errors, complete/incomplete totes and employee efficiency.