CASE STUDY
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SOLUTION: Simplifi 797® is the country’s leading web-based pharmacy compliance solution
designed to meet the requirements of USP <795>, <797>, and <800> and beyond by incorporating
industry best practices into easy-to-adopt templates. With policies, training, competency
assessment, daily task management, and inspection-ready reporting integrated throughout the
software, you can be confident nothing will fall through the compliance cracks. Leverage system
standardization tools to reduce variation in competencies and tasks across the health system and
monitor performance with system analytics reports.
OUTCOME: Trusted by over 2,000 pharmacies, Simplifi 797’s swift implementation and up-to-date
application reduces the effort required to achieve compliance and gives users peace of mind that
they will pass inspections easily. Proactive and real-time notifications combined with standard
reports available in the analytics platform provide actionable insights for pharmacy leaders to
ensure compliance day to day and to close gaps before they become challenges. Says Vice
President of Clinical Pharmacy Services for Optum Infusion, Jeff Arquiette, “Simplifi 797 has really
helped to standardize our documentation and competencies across our sites. This has been huge
and one of the biggest drivers of our success.” For Optum Infusion and other integrated pharmacy
networks — whether small, medium, or large in scope — many utilize centralized management of
competencies to achieve standardization as well as compare performance across facilities with
system analytics reports.
MEDICATION STORAGE AND UNIT INSPECTIONS
CHALLENGE: Pharmacy is responsible for medications stored anywhere in the health system,
including nursing units, clinics, carts, and operating rooms. Medication errors and improper
medication storage present threats to patients and staff. Routine monitoring of these areas
is necessary but time consuming, and a paper-based tracking system rarely delivers
meaningful data.
SOLUTION: Simplifi+® MedStorage is a web-based tool that allows pharmacy leaders to
create standard workflows for pharmacy staff to complete from a mobile-device — all to meet
regulatory standards for storage of medications across units and improve patient safety.
Simplifi+ MedStorage serves as a quality management system that helps ensure staff members
are following standard checklists essential to meeting quality objectives and improving care.
Customized reporting and notifications improve visibility into inspection metrics, making it easy to
share data with other health system leaders and enabling administrators to identify trends early.
OUTCOME: The transition to a web-based unit inspection tool was easy for Nicklaus Children’s
Hospital. “Between the electronic, device-based operation and the customizable checklists, we
became more efficient and completed the inspections much faster and more reliably. With the
option for notifications, we immediately saw our compliance increase,” shared Clinical Pharmacist
at Nicklaus’ Children’s Hospital, Daniel De Arazoza. Not only was Simplifi+ MedStorage useful
in their acute care and surgery sites, but the benefits have also extended to their offsite clinic
facilities as well. All inspections are easily compiled and shared with the Board of Pharmacy.
Dr. De Arazoza emphasized: “Having data available through the analytics platform is extremely
powerful. The MedStorage team was invaluable in helping to develop our analytics and to learn
from live data and trends.”
“
Between the electronic,
device-based operation
and the customizable
checklists, we became
more efficient and
completed the
inspections much faster
and more reliably.
With the option for
notifications, we
immediately saw our
compliance increase.”
Daniel De Arazoza
Clinical Pharmacist
~ Nicklaus’ Children’s Hospital