McKesson Point of Use Supply™

Automated Hospital Point of Use Supply Chain Solution Integrates Inventory Management
Drive A Healthy Business
• McKesson Point of Use Supply™ (formerly known as
IntelliShelfTM) is an automated hospital point of use solution
with smart cabinet options that helps simplify day-to-day
inventory management
• The following benefits may be achieved:
– Reduced unofficial storeroom inventory

– Improved charge capture

– Saved labor hours through reduced staff time

• McKesson Point of Use Supply can be applied in three

different areas:
– Medical-Surgical

– Specialty Lab

– Consignment Management

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Highlights • Integration with cardiology and surgery solutions McKesson
Cardiology InventoryTM and the McKesson Surgical ManagerTM
Point-of-Use Integration Module, help streamline clinician workflow
with scanning technology to manage high-cost supply items

• Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) cabinets helps automate

management of physician preference items (PPIs)

• Technology updates including support of current versions of

Windows®, Windows® Server, and Microsoft® SQL (including
Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 and Windows 7 for
Workstations) and a full web based deployment

• Enables Online storage of historical, transactional data to help

facilitate reporting and analysis

• Improved interface engine (interface database now resides on the

main transactional SQL Server eliminating the 2nd SQL server
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Features • McKesson Point of Use Supply offers:
– Hybrid configuration to help meet hospital workflow needs:
− RFID Cabinets
− Open Bin Shelving
− Closed Cabinets

– Clinical integration to help manage cardiology and surgery

departments
− A single scan of supply items within the clinical case

– Reporting and Analysis

− Enhanced reporting with parameter drop down list
− Multitude of standard reports accessed and exported
− Development of customized reports with data from the
McKesson Point of Use Supply database
− Aggregated analytics that may be customized and displayed
across supply locations

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Specialty Lab Application
• The McKesson Point of Use Supply Specialty Lab
application helps staff track and maintain proper
inventory within hospital procedure-based areas.
• The application helps to consolidate the process
for medical staff
– Issue supplies

– Track cases

– Manage information

• The application enables staff to:

– Issue and credit items by case or floor

– Reduce manual count and streamlined

replenishment
– Create and transmit procedure charges

– Time tracking with assignment of medical staff to

specific cases
– Access drill-down case detail

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Consignment Management Application

• The McKesson Point of Use Supply

Consignment Management application enables
just-in-time delivery tracking of consignment
items by both the facility and its vendors.
• The application helps give hospitals and vendors
full visibility into all transactions.
• The application may help:
– Reduce unauthorized purchasing

– Decrease misplaced items with complete usage

capture
– Lower consignment costs and reduce non-catalog
items
– Improve communication between finance and
materials staff
– Streamline processes with automatic reconciliation

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Medical-Surgical Application

• The McKesson Point of Use Supply Medical-Surgical

application helps simplify caregiver access to supplies.
• Workstations help streamline processes for caregivers
– Transfer supplies between locations

– Find items stocked in other locations

– Discover products to be replenished.

• The application helps provide:

– Enhanced ability to confirm supply availability

– Reduced need for manual counts

– Ability to issue and credit items to the patient, floor or bed

– Capacity to reconcile item discrepancies

– Decreased need to keep seldom-used items in stock

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Our Customers Speak

“At our year-end physical counts, we found that our actual

inventory variance was less than 1% for most units, and less
than 2% overall. It’s unbelievable. We’re very proud—it’s a
tribute to everyone who works with the system.”

Beverly Sanborn
Assistant Vice-President,
Materials Management
Holy Name Medical Center
Read the Holy Name Medical Center Case Study

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About McKesson

McKesson Corporation, currently ranked 14th on the FORTUNE 500, is a

healthcare services and information technology company dedicated to
making the business of healthcare run better. We partner with payers,
hospitals, physician offices, pharmacies, pharmaceutical companies and
others across the spectrum of care to build healthier organizations that
deliver better care to patients in every setting. McKesson helps its customers
improve their financial, operational, and clinical performance with solutions
that include pharmaceutical and medical-surgical supply management,
healthcare information technology, and business and clinical services. For
more information, visit http://www.mckesson.com .

For more information about McKesson hospital supply chain solutions, visit
our website.

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