Four Season Nursing & Rehabilitation center is the only facility in Brooklyn to have a state-of-the art in-house pharmacy utilizing sophisticated software in the maintenance of patient profiles, monitoring of potential drug interactions, reduction of adverse effects as well as a comprehensive patient education module. In addition, the pharmacy is also connected to the LTC facility’s electronic medical record program (SigmaCare®).

The Pharmacy is the only long-term-care (LTC) facility in New York that utilizes the AutoMed® EXP Dispensing System. The system provides for the packaging of “co-mingled medications” according to their time of administration. This results in reduced nursing administration time, medication errors as well as pharmacy dispensing errors. Medications are typically dispensed in a 7-day supply; however the automated dispensing system can accommodate any desired time frame.

Because it is an in-House pharmacy that is part of a LTC facility, it is also capable of dispensing medications to their residents within minutes of a receipt of an order much like a hospital-based pharmacy. Furthermore, an after-hours electronic pharmacy dispensing machine (DocuMed®) is based within the facility and may be accessed by the Nursing Supervisor in the event medications are needed when the pharmacy is closed. Residents can now truly receive medications, 24-hours a day, 7-days a week.