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Pharmacy automation is an exciting and innovative tool that can help pharmacies manage growth and demand in the industry. Miriam Cho, PharmD, President/CPO of MAC Rx, joined our podcast and shared her positive experiences with implementing automation in three different pharmacy locations. From her valuable insights, we’ve compiled a list of five crucial factors to help you effectively execute pharmacy automation.
- Assess Your Needs and Goals: Take the time to assess your pharmacy’s unique needs and goals beforehand. Identify specific areas where automation can improve efficiency and streamline processes. Set clear objectives.
- Determine Which Items to Automate: Streamline processes by isolating tasks that can go through automation and focus on the most dispensed brands and generics and medications that must be packed by hand.
- Evaluate ROI: Determine your return on investment for automation and assess how it varies depending on the pharmacy’s distinctive factors. Be sure to consider cost, availability, and lead time.
- Communicate Clearly with Employees: Communicate the purpose and advantages of automation in a clear and concise manner. Make sure employees understand that their jobs are not in jeopardy and that automation can free them up to focus on more clinical work.
- Evaluate and Provide Feedback: After implementing automation, conduct a comprehensive analysis to examine whether set objectives were achieved. Offer constructive feedback to vendors and partners to incite procedural changes and improvements.
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