How Workflow Automation Benefits Long-Term Care Pharmacies

It’s no secret that long-term care (LTC) pharmacy software helps pharmacies work smarter and better serve their customers—but what are the biggest benefits?

The answer is simple: LTC pharmacy software can help you save time and money by maximizing operational efficiency and reducing overhead costs. Let’s talk about how the efficient LTC pharmacy workflow you’ll achieve will provide real time and cost savings.

Time Savings: Maximizing Efficiency with LTC Pharmacy Workflow Automation

These days, LTC pharmacy workflow automation is the key to improving efficiency. Automating manual, time-intensive tasks helps free up valuable time so that staff can focus on what matters most: delivering top-quality services and support for patients and facilities.

LTC pharmacy software helps create efficiencies by automating steps throughout the entire dispensing process, including:

Communication

Content management can be challenging for busy LTC pharmacies—at least without the right technology. Using an electronic content management solution allows pharmacies to house all documents and information in one central location. It also eliminates repetitive manual tasks such as phone tag and faxing, making for easier communication and collaboration with facilities and prescribers.

Forms and Labeling

Forms and labels don’t have to be a headache. LTC pharmacy software makes generating forms and labels a breeze, allowing pharmacies to create multi-part laser medical records and forms, thermal and laser prescription labels for blister cards, IV labels, unit dose boxes, and multi-dose cards with ease.

Packaging

Take the manual work out of the packaging process with automation. Packing orders and fulfilling adherence packaging requests are much faster with LTC pharmacy software to eliminate manual steps. A facility requests that a certain patient receive medications in blister or strip packs to improve compliance? No problem!

Toting and Delivery

Toting and delivery are sometimes chaotic for LTC pharmacies with so many moving parts happening all at once. Mobile barcode scanning solutions enable pharmacists and pharmacy technicians to move freely during the toting process, maximizing mobility and efficiency. Additionally, route optimization, scheduling, and tracking features help streamline medication delivery to facilities.

Prescription Billing

Prescription billing for long-term care is complex. Separating the filling and billing steps using software allows pharmacies to prepare each billing cycle in advance, speeding up the entire process while also improving accuracy for faster reimbursement.

Medication Regimen Review

Medication regimen review (MRR) can also be simplified and streamlined with LTC pharmacy software. Using a rules-based system with QuickRec rules, you can maximize efficiency without sacrificing customization or quality.

Additionally, seamless system integration (or interfacing) allows all LTC pharmacy solutions to work together smoothly for even greater operational efficiency.

Cost Savings: Reducing Expenses with Real-Time Workflow Insights for Your LTC Pharmacy

Your pharmacy can reduce costs by improving efficiency alone because you’ll require fewer full-time employees to manage a high volume of prescriptions, communications, and special requests. Reducing costs can increase cash flow and maximize margins, helping you run a smooth and successful operation.

In addition to cost savings from improved efficiency alone, achieving greater visibility into real-time operational metrics also helps pharmacies make smarter, data-driven financial decisions. For example, using LTC pharmacy software, you can:

Identify Manual Tasks That Can Be Automated

Operational metrics provide invaluable visibility into each stage of the prescription workflow at your LTC pharmacy. By analyzing data, you can see where there may be delays and inefficiencies in your dispensing process and then adapt accordingly.

Reduce Waste with Better Inventory Management

Data and reporting also help reduce inventory waste and expenses. With real-time data, you can always know exactly what you have on hand at any given time, enhancing your overall inventory management and saving your pharmacy money in the process.

Gain a Better Understanding of Labor Costs

Labor costs can add up, but data is helpful there as well. Using LTC pharmacy software, you can analyze operational data to learn how much you’re spending on labor and whether it’s working or your staffing needs to be adjusted.

Saving Your Pharmacy Time and Money with FrameworkLTC

With so many orders coming in, communications going out, and everything in between, running a long-term care pharmacy that’s both efficient and cost-effective can be a difficult undertaking. However, LTC pharmacy software like FrameworkLTC (and the full integrated solution set) can help your pharmacy save valuable time and money.

Ready to elevate your efficiencies and maximize your margins? Download The Complete Guide to LTC Pharmacy Software to learn more about the powerful benefits that the right technology has to offer.