As pharmacy teams look for ways to improve efficiency, going beyond dispensing means considering how medicines move through the pharmacy and reach patients. These processes can have just as much impact on workflow, staff time and patient convenience as dispensing itself.
QuickAir and QuickPick24 extend SINTESI’s capabilities, helping pharmacies connect dispensing, transport and patient collection into a more efficient workflow.
QuickAir
In a busy pharmacy, dispensing isn’t the only process that takes up staff time. Medicines may need to move between different workstations, floors or collection areas, creating additional journeys throughout the day.
QuickAir is Pharmathek’s intelligent pneumatic transport system, designed to connect pharmacy automation with the areas where medicines are needed.
One of its biggest advantages is flexibility. The robot doesn’t have to sit next to the dispensary counter. QuickAir can transport products across the pharmacy, around architectural obstacles and between different floors, with distances of up to 80 metres.
Less walking. More efficiency.
By automatically moving medicines from the automation system to the required workstation, QuickAir can reduce unnecessary staff movement and help teams spend less time transporting products around the pharmacy.
The result is a more connected workflow, with medicines moving to where they are needed without relying on staff to make every journey themselves.
It also offers:
- Quick Load – automatically loads packs into the QuickAir circuit, eliminating manual handling during point-to-point transfers.
- Vertical Exit – connects different floors without the need for a traditional lift.
- Manual Load – allows products outside the robot to be sent through the system. Keeps workflows running smoothly, even in exceptional situations.
- Controlled transport – designed to move products quickly and quietly.
QuickAir can therefore help pharmacies look beyond dispensing by making better use of their existing space and workflow. When combined with SINTESI, medicines can move automatically from dispensing to the areas where they are needed, reducing unnecessary movement and giving teams greater flexibility in how their pharmacy operates.
Rather than adapting the pharmacy around the location of the robot, the transport system can help connect the robot to the workflow that already works for the pharmacy.
QuickPick24
For many patients, collecting medication isn’t always convenient during standard pharmacy opening hours. Work, family commitments and busy schedules can make it difficult to visit the pharmacy at a particular time.
Providing a more flexible way to collect prepared medication can make access more convenient for patients, while also helping pharmacies offer an additional collection option without extending the workload at the counter.
QuickPick24 is a secure automated collection system that works alongside SINTESI, allowing prescriptions to be dispensed and made available for collection.
Once a prescription has been prepared, the medication can be transferred from SINTESI to QuickPick24.
Beyond Dispensing: Connected Pharmacy Automation
Together, SINTESI, QuickAir and QuickPick24 create a connected workflow that can help pharmacies reduce manual movement, improve accessibility and make better use of their existing automation.
This connected approach means pharmacies can design their automation around the way their teams and patients use the space, rather than having to work around the physical location of the dispensing robot.
From robot to patient
The journey can be as simple as:
SINTESI → QuickAir → QuickPick24 → Patient
The exact setup will depend on the pharmacy. The important point is that automation doesn’t have to be limited to one part of the process. By connecting different stages of the journey, pharmacies can create a workflow that supports both their teams and their patients.
Built Around Your Pharmacy
Not every pharmacy needs the same level of automation. The right setup will depend on the pharmacy’s layout, workflow and patient collection needs.
The technologies can be combined in different ways, allowing pharmacies to introduce automation where it provides the greatest benefit rather than following one fixed configuration.
For some pharmacies, the priority may be moving medicines efficiently between SINTESI and a dispensing workstation:
SINTESI → QuickAir → Pharmacy workstation
For others, the workflow may extend all the way to patient collection:
SINTESI → QuickAir → QuickPick24 → Patient
QuickAir can also be configured to transport medicines to different destinations within the pharmacy, helping teams make better use of the available space without having to redesign their entire workflow around the location of the robot.
Whether the priority is reducing staff movement, making better use of available space or giving patients more flexibility, connected automation can help pharmacies create a workflow that works better for both their teams and the people they serve.
Going beyond dispensing means considering the entire journey medicines take through a pharmacy. As pharmacy teams face increasing demands on their time and patients expect greater flexibility, the wider workflow matters too.
By connecting dispensing, medicine transport and patient collection, SINTESI, QuickAir and QuickPick24 demonstrate how pharmacies can extend automation from the robot to the workstation and ultimately to the patient, creating more connected and flexible ways of working.
SINTESI, QuickAir and QuickPick24 demonstrate how automation can extend from the robot to the workstation and ultimately to the patient, helping pharmacies create more connected and flexible ways of working.
Go beyond dispensing.
Discover how QuickAir and QuickPick24 can extend the possibilities of pharmacy automation.
Have questions about pharmacy automation?
Every pharmacy has different needs. Get in touch with the Avonnex team to discuss how SINTESI, QuickAir and QuickPick24 could work together in your pharmacy.
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