pharmacy Archive — Page 3 of 3

Open orange prescription bottle lying on its side with numerous green-and-white capsules spilled onto a white surface.
September 4, 2014

Outpatient Pharmacy debuts online refills

The Vanderbilt Outpatient Pharmacy has launched a website to allow current customers of the pharmacy to request refills online.

By Vanderbilt Health News
Interior entrance to an outpatient pharmacy, with large “PHARMACY” signs above and beside the dispensing counter.
August 21, 2014

Pharmacy’s targeted initiatives lead to lower drug expenses

Vanderbilt University Hospital’s pharmacy is attracting national attention for reducing its inpatient pharmacy drug expenses 6.4 percent in a 12-month period, despite an increase in patient volume.

By Matt Batcheldor
A worker in sterile protective clothing operates equipment in a hospital pharmacy clean room, with two enclosed robotic medication-dispensing units and touchscreen controls visible.
May 22, 2014

Robotic system to enhance Children’s Hospital pharmacy

The Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt will begin using a new state-of-the-art automated robotic system in June to prepare intravenous and single-use syringe medications for inpatients, making it the first children’s hospital in Tennessee to implement the technology.

By Christina Echegaray