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3 ways your Pharmacy can Innovate?

 

3 ways your Pharmacy can Innovate?

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If pharmacists are to avoid becoming a "invisible professional" that patients don't actively seek out, they'll need to take on more clinical responsibilities beyond just verifying and dispensing prescriptions. It is debatable whether this refers to Medication Therapy Management (MTM) services, prescriptive authority, or more individualised services, but the pursuit of reimbursement for such clinical services is crucial for the profession.

Connecting and Providing Digital Health Services

The internet of things has dramatically altered the way people interact with technology. Add in the 'Uber mentality,' and you've got a setting where patients have radically different expectations of healthcare providers. If the data holds up, pharmacists will need to figure out how to incorporate the use of these new devices into patient care while also offering services that make use of the information gleaned from them to improve patients' outcomes.

Workflow Redesign in the Pharmacy in Light of Emerging Technologies

Artificial intelligence, machine learning, data analytics, integrated workflow systems, advanced automation. These are all coming down the pipeline and arguably most pharmacy workflow systems are not currently prepared or designed to integrate such new developments. Nonetheless, creating and preparing future pharmacists to understand and utilize these developments will be key and useful for practicing in a newly developing healthcare system.

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