Counting Transaction Printing

One of the greatest areas of interest in pharmacy automation is pill counting and the forms of automation that have grown around it, probably because it is both time consuming and drudgery. The devices range from single pill counting stations to 200 cell robotics centers that begin with unlabeled vials and end with finished scripts. The price range for these devices is spectacular, starting at about $2000 for a single station at the low end, to over $250,000 at the high end.

Let's talk about the functions these devices perform and what they likely mean to the users. Let's use the functions that are performed by the fully automated robotic center as they cover the process.