Swisslog Healthcare Launches PillPick Octave, Advancing Medication Safety

Advanced automated unit dose system enhances efficiency in hospital pharmacies

BROOMFIELD, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Swisslog Healthcare, a pharmacy automation solutions provider, announces the launch of PillPick Octave, its newest model of the PillPick automated unit dose system. This new iteration offers new functionality and advances medication safety of patient specific medications. Additionally, the PillPick Octave gives customers new choices for more ecofriendly packaging.

With patient safety as top priority, this newly released robotic solution reduces wiring and installation time, while a new diagnostic tool simplifies troubleshooting. Increasing pharmacy efficiency, PillPick Octave includes robust reporting and dashboard features pulled from Swisslog Healthcare’s most intuitive software. Additionally, the system boasts maximized storage capacity, state-of-the-art ergonomics, and a modern exterior design,0 while allowing for easy access to internal components. The BoxStation Plus sees improvements with a more user-friendly interface, better operational ergonomics, 80% faster RFID reading reliability, and alternative badge card authentication.

"We are really pleased with the release of PillPick Octave. It helps our customers ‘scale up’ efficiencies," said Michael Palone, VP of Product Management for Swisslog Healthcare. "PillPick Octave represents our ongoing dedication to innovation in pharmacy automation, ensuring healthcare providers can focus more on patient care."

There are two packaging advancements in the PillPick Octave. First, it features a 44% reduction in plastic packaging material, making it more eco-friendly. Second, the vision system increases accuracy in detecting incorrectly packaged or damaged medications and streamline the validation process.

"PillPick Octave stands as the only pharmacy automation system providing unit-dose packaging, storage, and dispensing in one solution," said Julian Vogelsanger, Product Manager at Swisslog Healthcare. "This complete automation, from manufacturers' packaging to patient-specific dispensing, allows pharmacies to increase efficiency, eliminate medication errors, and improve patient safety."

PillPick Octave allows pharmacies to increase picking, packaging and dispensing efficiency, eliminate medication errors and improve patient safety. The PillPick Octave system stores over 50,000 unit doses and uses barcode verification for medication dispensing. Learn more at https://www.swisslog-healthcare.com/en-us/products/pharmacy-automation/pillpick-automated-packaging-and-dispensing-system.

About Swisslog Healthcare:

Swisslog Healthcare provides integrated medication supply chain solutions to hospitals and health systems to assist providers in treating patients across the continuum of care. Integrating transport and pharmacy automation, value-added services, and intelligent software, Swisslog Healthcare enables healthcare providers to respond to patient's needs quickly and with greater accuracy. The company minimizes many sources of operational waste, so providers achieve higher levels of productivity to impact the well-being of patients in positive ways. For more information, visit www.swisslog-healthcare.com.