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PINS (Pharmacy Inventory Networking System)

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Created to promote the VHA's mission of being a high reliability organization by optimizing vested funds to their full potential. PINS streamlines the transfer of unused, non-returnable medications between VA sites while creating a traceable data source for cost savings. This application enhances the VHA's ability to proactively rehome products for optimal utilization and waste stream avoidance.

This innovation is scaling widely with the support of national stakeholders. See more scaling innovations.

Adoptions:

121 successful

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Metrics

  • PINS has actualized $3 million in savings to the VHA within 9 months of operation.
  • PINS potential is exponential, currently we have 194 enrolled out of 318 eligible sites. We have a participation rate of 61%.

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Does not include Clinical Resource Hubs (CRH)

Statuses

AK: Colonel Mary Louise Rasmuson Campus of the Alaska VA Healthcare System (Anchorage) AL: Birmingham VA Medical Center (Birmingham, Alabama) AL: Tuscaloosa VA Medical Center (Tuscaloosa) AR: Fayetteville VA Medical Center (Fayetteville, Arkansas) AR: John L. McClellan Memorial Veterans' Hospital (Little Rock, Arkansas) AZ: Bob Stump Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Prescott) CA: Chico VA Clinic (Chico) CA: Fresno VA Medical Center (Fresno) CA: Martinez VA Medical Center (Martinez) CA: McClellan VA Clinic (McClellan Park) CA: Palo Alto VA Medical Center (Palo Alto, California) CA: Redding VA Clinic (Redding) CA: San Francisco VA Medical Center (San Francisco) CA: Sepulveda VA Medical Center (Sepulveda) CA: Tibor Rubin VA Medical Center (Long Beach) CO: Grand Junction VA Medical Center (Grand Junction, Colorado) CT: Newington VA Clinic (Newington) CT: West Haven VA Medical Center (West Haven) DC: Washington VA Medical Center (Washington, District of Columbia) DE: Wilmington VA Medical Center (Wilmington, Delaware) FL: James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital (Tampa, Florida) FL: Lake Baldwin VA Clinic (Lake Baldwin) FL: Lee County VA Clinic (Lee County-Cape Coral) FL: New Port Richey VA Clinic (New Port Richey) FL: Sergeant Ernest I. "Boots" Thomas VA Clinic (Tallahassee) FL: South Hillsborough VA Clinic (South Hillsborough) FL: The Villages VA Clinic (The Villages) FL: West Palm Beach VA Medical Center (West Palm Beach) GA: Augusta VA Medical Center-Uptown (Augusta Uptown) GA: Carl Vinson Veterans' Administration Medical Center (Dublin) GA: Charlie Norwood Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Augusta Downtown) HI: Spark M. Matsunaga Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Honolulu) ID: Boise VA Medical Center (Boise) IL: Bob Michel Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic (Peoria) IL: Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center (North Chicago) IL: Jesse Brown Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Chicago, Illinois) IN: Adam Benjamin Jr., Veterans' Administration Outpatient Clinic (Crown Point) IN: Jackie Walorski VA Clinic (Mishawaka) IN: Terre Haute VA Clinic (Terre Haute) KS: Colmery-O'Neil Veterans' Administration Medical Center (Topeka) KY: Robley Rex Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Louisville) LA: Alexandria VA Medical Center (Alexandria, Louisiana) LA: Overton Brooks Veterans' Administration Medical Center (Shreveport) MA: Brockton VA Medical Center (Brockton) MA: Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans' Hospital (Bedford) MA: Edward P. Boland Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Central Western Massachusetts) MA: Worcester VA Clinic (Worcester) MD: Baltimore VA Medical Center (Baltimore) MD: Perry Point VA Medical Center (Perry Point) MI: John D. Dingell Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Detroit) MI: Lieutenant Colonel Charles S. Kettles VA Medical Center (Ann Arbor) MI: Oscar G. Johnson Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility (Iron Mountain) MN: Minneapolis VA Medical Center (Minneapolis, Minnesota) MO: Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans' Hospital (Columbia, Missouri) MO: John J. Cochran Veterans Hospital (St. Louis John Cochran) MO: Kansas City VA Medical Center (Kansas City, Missouri) MO: St. Louis VA Medical Center-Jefferson Barracks (St. Louis Jefferson Barracks) MS: Biloxi VA Medical Center (Biloxi) MS: G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Jackson, Mississippi) MT: Fort Harrison VA Medical Center (Fort Harrison) NC: Charles George Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Asheville) NC: Durham VA Medical Center (Durham) NC: Fayetteville VA Medical Center (Fayetteville, North Carolina) NC: W.G. (Bill) Hefner Salisbury Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Salisbury) NC: Wilmington VA Clinic (Wilmington, North Carolina) NE: Omaha VA Medical Center (Omaha, Nebraska) NH: Manchester VA Medical Center (Manchester) NJ: James J. Howard Veterans' Outpatient Clinic (Brick) NM: Raymond G. Murphy Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Albuquerque) NV: Ioannis A. Lougaris Veterans' Administration Medical Center (Reno) NV: North Las Vegas VA Medical Center (North Las Vegas) NY: Buffalo VA Medical Center (Buffalo, New York) NY: Castle Point VA Medical Center (Castle Point) NY: Franklin Delano Roosevelt Hospital (Montrose, New York) NY: James J. Peters Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Bronx) NY: Margaret Cochran Corbin VA Campus (Manhattan) NY: Samuel S. Stratton Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Albany, New York) NY: Syracuse VA Medical Center (Syracuse) OH: Carl Nunziato VA Clinic (Youngstown) OH: Chalmers P. Wylie Veterans Outpatient Clinic (Columbus, Ohio) OH: Chillicothe VA Medical Center (Chillicothe) OH: Dayton VA Medical Center (Dayton) OH: Louis Stokes Cleveland Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Cleveland, Ohio) OH: Parma VA Clinic (Parma) OH: Toledo VA Clinic (Toledo) OK: Oklahoma City VA Medical Center (Oklahoma City) OR: Portland VA Medical Center (Portland, Oregon) OR: Roseburg VA Medical Center (Roseburg) OR: White City VA Medical Center (White City) PA: Butler VA Medical Center (Butler New Castle Road) PA: Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) PA: James E. Van Zandt Veterans' Administration Medical Center (Altoona) PA: Lebanon VA Medical Center (Lebanon) PA: Pittsburgh VA Medical Center-University Drive (Pittsburgh) PA: Wilkes-Barre VA Medical Center (Wilkes-Barre) PR: San Juan VA Medical Center (San Juan) RI: Providence VA Medical Center (Providence) SC: Ralph H. Johnson Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Charleston, South Carolina) SD: Royal C. Johnson Veterans' Memorial Hospital (Sioux Falls) TN: Alvin C. York Veterans' Administration Medical Center (Murfreesboro) TN: James H. Quillen Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Mountain Home, Tennessee) TN: Nashville VA Medical Center (Nashville) TX: Audie L. Murphy Memorial Veterans' Hospital (San Antonio, Texas) TX: Charles Wilson Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic (Lufkin) TX: George H. O'Brien, Jr., Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Big Spring) TX: Harlingen VA Clinic (Harlingen) TX: Lubbock VA Clinic (Lubbock) TX: North West San Antonio VA Clinic (North West San Antonio) TX: Thomas E. Creek Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Amarillo) VA: Richmond VA Medical Center (Richmond, Virginia) WA: Jonathan M. Wainwright Memorial VA Medical Center (Walla Walla) WA: Mann-Grandstaff Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Spokane, Washington) WA: North Seattle VA Clinic (North Seattle) WA: Seattle VA Medical Center (Seattle) WI: Clement J. Zablocki Veterans' Administration Medical Center (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) WI: Tomah VA Medical Center (Tomah) WI: William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans' Hospital (Madison) WV: Hershel "Woody" Williams VA Medical Center (Huntington, West Virginia) WV: Louis A. Johnson Veterans' Administration Medical Center (Clarksburg) WY: Cheyenne VA Medical Center (Cheyenne) WY: Sheridan VA Medical Center (Sheridan)

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