Abstract
We have developed a totally new dispensing management system for the purpose of improving the quality of medical treatment.This new system employs three sub-systems, i.e.prescription printing system, automatic drug envelope printing system, and systemic packaging of single dose tablets system (via a host computer). The automatic drug envelope printing system offers the patient printed instructions on how to use the drug according to the doctors' instructions.This format allows the doctor to access different printing patterns and to use the one most suitable for the patient's needs.As a result of the new system, case reference time has been reduced, allowing pharmacists to answer outpatient questions more efficiently. The system has the efficiency of reducing the time for printing inpatient prescriptions, and of allowing prescriptions to be dispensed earlier.This system has allowed the pharmacy to eliminate the inputting of the regular inpatient prescriptions with the automatic tablet counter. The efficient printing of outpatient prescriptions has also resulted in earlier dispensation.Because drug envelopes are printed automatically, outpatient waiting time has decreased.The time produced by this system has allowed for the beginning of new clinical work such as ward pharmacist.
