Automated Medication Dispensing for EMS & Fire
Smarter Access to Medications and Supplies With Vending Machines and SmartLockers
Our automated medication dispensing system helps emergency medical service providers save over 40% in costs while maintaining compliance with DEA and FDA regulations. Businesses gain complete accountability for medical supplies and narcotics while reducing wasted goods and streamlining operations.
Using our VN Cloud software along with our hardware offerings, EMS providers of any size will benefit from improved access control, inventory management, and accountability throughout the medical supply lifecycle. Our EMS vending machines, smart lockers, and secure cabinets offer sophisticated inventory features such as lot number and expiration date tracking and easy reordering of medical supplies.
Savings Can Exceed
40%
Product Catalog
Learn about our industry-proven smart vending solutions: vending machines, lockers, accessories, and cloud-based software.
Benefits of Automated Medication Dispensing Systems
Why EMS providers and fire departments love our solutions
Security
Secure medical supplies such as narcotics in locked, tamper-resistant EMS supply vending machines or smart lockers.
Accountability
Cloud-managed access control rules and real-time activity tracking mean only approved personnel obtain items in permitted quantities.
Cost Reduction
Minimize overstocking, waste, and administrative overhead with sophisticated inventory control features like first-in, first-out distribution.
Staff Efficiency
Position medical supplies where they are needed so personnel spend less time obtaining items and more time helping patients.
Admin Time Savings
Eliminate manual inventories and streamline reordering with automatic replenishment reports that even identify expiring items.
Dynamic Features of EMS Vending Machines
- Meets DEA narcotic storage control standards
- Two-factor authentication
- Dual validation to provide transaction witnesses
- Lot number and expiration date management
- Track both supply rooms and machines for complete inventory lifecycle accountability
- Purchase order generation
- Electronic checklists for managing vehicle inventory
- Low inventory alerts
- Integration with select ERP platforms
EMS and Fire Customer Testimonials
Discover our top EMS, medical, and fire deployments and what our customer says about us.
“This system…will allow us to use tax dollars more efficiently.”
Chesapeake Fire
EMS Hardware to Consider
Learn what EMS vending machines and additional hardware products are best for your business.
Frequently Asked EMS & Fire Questions
An automated medication dispensing system for EMS allows for secure, controlled access to critical medical supplies and medications through cloud-based, automatic tracking of inventory, users, transactions, and more.
By using secure dispensing equipment with controlled user access, dual validation, two form factor identification, and transaction tracking, EMS teams can improve narcotics accountability while meeting DEA regulations. Tracking the full chain of custody from cradle to grave.
Yes. VendNovation solutions track lot numbers and medication expiration dates. This type of tracking helps EMS and fire departments identify aging inventory. Ensure FIFO (first in, first out) with the ability to maintain multiple expiration dates for the same product and automatically extend expiration date.
Our smart inventory management solutions help EMS crews reduce overstock, waste, and even administrative work by monitoring inventory levels and generating low-inventory and replenishment alerts. For those agencies that restock from a hospital, an automated dispensing solution reduces out-of-service time and overtime hours when narcotics or other high dollar items have to be restocked in the middle of the night or on weekends.
Automated dispensing machines, smart lockers, and secure storage solutions help fire departments manage medical supplies, equipment, and other critical assets across multiple stations and vehicles, all while improving access control. Inventory restocking alerts and critical supply alerts ensure that you are never totally out of stock of an item.
