Case study

Al Wakra Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha (Qatar)

The Al Wakra Hospital Pharmacy Department is one of the most advanced in the Middle East serving more than 40 specialties. In the outpatient pharmacy, integration of BD Rowa™ with Cerner PharmNet Retail has improved dispensing accuracy and medication safety, while reducing the average waiting time by up to 80 %.

Rowa’s ability to store both lot and expiry date information for every medication in the device database has greatly improved our management of expired medications, reducing expired stock wastage and improving patient safety.
Mohamed Magoury | Al Wakra Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation
BD Rowa Vmax is the automated dispensing robot for the pharmacy.

BD Rowa™ Solution

SYSTEM

BD Rowa™ Vmax 160

W: 1.63 m (each)
H: 2.50 m (each)
L: 5.56 m

DISPENSING PER DAY

2,000 to 2,500 packs

STOCK

1,200 formulary items

KEYFACTS
  • Reduction of average waiting time by up to 80 %
  • Increased dispensing accuracy and efficiency, improvingmedication safety and decreasing costs
  • Improved space utilization, reducing non-productive walkingand freeing up more clinician time for patient counseling
  • Reduced stress and increased staff satisfaction
  • Improved inventory management and capacity throughrandom inventory storage
  • Enhanced expiry date management and reduced wastage byfirst-in, first-out stock rotation
  • Improved processes to meet regulatory requirements (JCI)
  • BD Rowa in the Al Wakra Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha (Qatar)
  • BD Rowa in the Al Wakra Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha (Qatar)
  • BD Rowa in the Al Wakra Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha (Qatar)