In my pharmacy, I have 200 patients using blister cards. Our new Chronopac costs $3,369 per month (estimate based on the average robot price and monthly payments). Our technicians are paid $25/hour, technicians trained for CCVD earn $30/hour and pharmacists $65/hour. We estimate that a technician manually produces 10 blister cards per hour. With the Chronopac, we see a 50% time saving. Therefore, taking into account the technician’s salary and the number of hours allocated to preparing blister cards, we calculate a preparation cost of $1,212 per month. Furthermore, the Chronopac reduces the time allocated to CCVD by 2 minutes per blister cards; consequently, the monthly salary to be paid to our CCVD technician is $970 and $210 for the pharmacists under CCVD protocols (10%). In the end, after acquiring Chronopac, our pharmacy spends a total of $5,761 per month, thus $69,138 per year. This represents a savings of approximately $4,000 per year compared to the CPO calculator presented in the section above.

Beyond the time savings and directly measurable cost reductions, several significant benefits remain difficult to quantify, such as production stability, error reduction, employee retention, improved working conditions, and daily peace of mind. Contact us to discuss the concrete impacts and optimization potential for your pharmacy in more detail.