# Rowa Vmax at Henry Ford Hospital: deployment

Canonical ID: `346668c7-88e7-4f70-baa8-d2f641e82e9a`

[BD Rowa](/companies/bd-rowa.md) Vmax pharmacy automation robot deployed at Henry Ford Health — first US deployment. Partnership to revolutionize medication storage and prescription delivery. BD and Henry Ford Health signed formal pharmacy automation partnership.

**Trust tier:** Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified

_Last updated: 2026-08-12_

- **Slug:** bd-rowa-vmax-henry-ford-health-detroit
- **Status:** operational
- **Model:** [Rowa Vmax](/models/bd-rowa-vmax.md) (id: `2c261596-3dbc-4447-a979-191072415d13`)
- **Category:** [Industrial Robots](/industrial-robots)
- **Company:** [BD Rowa](/companies/bd-rowa.md) (id: `3e21b76b-5bba-4e95-839e-a12d1e8c974d`)
- **Location:** [Henry Ford Hospital](/locations/detroit-michigan-usa.md) (id: `e68f16f7-7e57-4432-b11d-9c68ebcf3da9`)
- **First seen:** 2025-09-22T00:00:00.000Z

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## Sources (1)

1. https://news.bd.com/2025-09-22-BD-and-Henry-Ford-Health-Sign-Pharmacy-Automation-Partnership-to-Revolutionize-Medication-Storage-and-Prescription-Delivery

## Common questions

### What is the Rowa Vmax deployment at Henry Ford Hospital?

Rowa Vmax, built by BD Rowa, is recorded as a deployment at Henry Ford Hospital on the DEPLOY registry. BD Rowa operates the deployment directly.

### Who operates Rowa Vmax at Henry Ford Hospital?

BD Rowa, the manufacturer of Rowa Vmax, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.

### When did the Rowa Vmax deployment at Henry Ford Hospital go live?

The deployment is recorded as starting September 22, 2025 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.

### Have there been incidents at the Rowa Vmax deployment at Henry Ford Hospital?

No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.


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