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2.1: How does technology engage the public and motivate them to learn about pharmacy topics? Might different technologies motivate people at different developmental levels or might the same technologies motivate people of all ages?

2.2: Based on your field experiences, what is one new technology that, if used widely in pharmacy settings, could change how we educate the public or professional pharmacists?

2.3: How would you describe your personal philosophy as a technology-using professional pharmacist (in training)?

Answer 1

Answer 2.1:

Pharmacy could serve as a model for the health informationist profession. During the same decades that health sciences librarians have been debating and experimenting with new professional roles such as clinical medical librarians, pharmacy has undergone a serious review of its core values, duty, practice roles, and educational training scheme. Until newly, most pharmacists graduated from five-year baccalaureate programs preparing them to understand drug products, sources of supply, and effective ways to dispense them to patients as prescribed by physicians. There are many ways in which technology engage the public and motivate them to learn about pharmacy topics. Today, almost all pharmacy students graduate from six-year doctor of pharmacy programs that prepare them to be the primary providers of what their profession calls “pharmaceutical care.” Might different technologies motivate people at different developmental levels or might the same technologies motivate people of all ages. The pharmaceutical care model suggests that health information professionals in clinical settings could be educated and trained to provide what we might call health information care. Health sciences librarians still struggle to provide practicing clinicians with rapid access to the best information from the medical literature in ways that truly help improve decisions at the point of care. Pharmacists are already using IT systems to support their daily work and, when considering the IT requirements for emerging working practices, pharmacists should consider what functions could be provided by systems that they already use.

For example, all pharmacies use pharmacy management systems for medication records, dispensing, labelling, ordering and stock control. However, many pharmacies do not use all of the available functionality of their system, for example, modules to handle patient-centred services, such as medicines use reviews or prescription interventions.

Answer 2.2

Pharmacists should also make the most of services that are available in their locality, for example, electronic prescription service release 2. Adoption and use of EPS release 2 in areas where it is available has the potential to make dispensing and reimbursement processes more efficient for community pharmacists and the nomination process may help pharmacists to secure prescription business.

Answer 2.3

Currently, secure web-based platforms are available from various providers to support enhanced pharmacy services and public health initiatives. The use of these will increase and also web platforms will be used as a communication portal to make information available to pharmacists from other care settings (ex., hospital discharge information). There are different technologies exists which is used in pharmacy.

Electronic prescribing and expulsion: Electronic prescribing (EP) systems computerize prescribing, supply and administration of medicines in hospitals, where they have been shown to reduce medication errors and have a main impact on patient safety. However, the effect on error drop is dependent on system design and a poorly implemented system can actually raise error rates.
Barcode medicine recognition: Barcode recognition of medicines has been used with EP systems and has been shown to decrease medicine administration errors, as well as improve the completeness of the medication history. However, barcode medicine identification at the point of administration is an interruptive process and, for this reason, health professionals often develop “work arounds” to circumvent barcode scanning.
Automated dispensing: Robots have been used in logistics and division for a lot of years, but only newly in pharmacy. The Audit Commission’s “Spoonful of sugar” report advocated the use of automation to change pharmacy services and, since then, many UK hospitals installed dispensary robots. Pharmacy robots have been shown to decrease the occurrence of dispensing errors, improve the speed and efficiency of the dispensing procedure, and optimize use of gap in the pharmacy.
Mobile technology: The use of mobile telephones is widespread in society. Some pharmacies are using text alerts to remind patients that repeat prescriptions are ready or to offer services, but sophisticated apps have been developed for disease monitoring, for example, recording of peak flow readings in asthma, monitoring of blood glucose levels, medication adherence support and health education. These apps will have a greater impact on pharmacy practice in future.
Adherence monitoring: Various technologies are now available to support approaches to adherence monitoring. A number of vendors have developed “smart” packaging, where a microchip-containing tablet blister pack is able to monitor when doses are popped out (not necessarily taken) and prompt the patient to record side-effect monitoring information for the medicine in question. These data can then be transmitted to a mobile telephone or tablet device.
Telecare: Telecare involves the use of digital communications technology (audio and visual) to provide healthcare consultations and services to patients remotely at home. Telecare has various potential benefits: it puts patients at the centre of their care and supports personalised medicine; it improves access to healthcare by reducing the need for hospital attendance (for people with poor mobility, or those in remote areas); and it can reduce the travelling times and costs of healthcare professionals.

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