Pharmacist digital workspace
The pharmacist finds the product, prescription and reservation information needed for service in one workspace. Available approved counseling material and network stock data.
The employee checks the stock in other pharmacies, alternative forms, prescription status, product documents and previous communication by hand. Less time stock for professional consultation, longer queues and increasing load on the employees.
How the solution works
- The pharmacist begins a specific service action with the rights granted to him.
- The workplace provides the prescription, product and availability information needed for that action from reliable sources.
- The pharmacist verifies the circumstances, consults and makes a decision under his responsibility.
- The action and required documents are saved in the appropriate process while maintaining limits on access and use.
Key challenges
- The pharmacist's time is used for administrative searches
- Patient data during service is available too widely
Solution capabilities
Search for a product on the network
The pharmacist finds the availability of topicals in other pharmacies and sees if the quantity is approved, reserved or has yet to be checked.
Recipe and reservation details
The employee sees the state required for a particular service from the system responsible; the error or disconnected connection is clearly separated from the validation.
Verified Consultancy Information
The consultation is provided with relevant product material with the source, and the professional decision responsibility remains with the pharmacist.
Access and documentation
The employee records the information required for the action at its destination, and the revision and changes to sensitive data remain traceable.
Business context
- The pharmacist's time is used for administrative searches
- The employee checks the stock in other pharmacies, alternative forms, prescription status, product documents and previous communication by hand. Less time stock for professional consultation, longer queues and increasing load on the employees.
- Patient data during service is available too widely
- Employees may be shown more prescription and consultation data than they need for a specific task. By linking channels to a common client code, sensitive information can access channels that are not allocated for its use. The risk of inappropriate viewing and utilization increases. workspace access must be aligned with the organization-wide data management order.
- The pharmacist's focus is on the client's question
- A long search for information shortens the time spent on consultation. At the workspace, confirmed product and reservation data are available to allow faster response and verification of availability. The customer receives a more consistent service and access to his/her data is limited according to the employee's task.
Core features
- Search for a product on the network
- Recipe and reservation details
- Verified Consultancy Information
- Access and documentation
Key integrations
- Pharmacies POS / ERP
- Data on the product served, sales and local balance.
- Electronic Prescription Interface
- Recipe status and data needed for a specific service action.
- Product and Drug Data Sources
- Confirmed product information, classification and facts needed for consultation.
- Network Stock System
- Real availability of other locations and anticipated addition.
- Reservation system
- Client reservation, withdrawal deadline and actual status.
Potential impact (%)
The ranges indicate an illustrative relative change in the metric under the stated assumptions. Results depend on the starting position and actual use of the solution. Percentages for different metrics must not be added together.
Time to find prescription, product and network availability information during standard service
12–36%Decreasing
This illustrative scenario assumes that 30-60% of manual data entry and handover work can be addressed. That share is assumed to fall by 40-60%. Company data is needed to verify both the addressable workload and the resulting change.
The employee's active time is compared for selected standard service scenarios before and after the workplace is set up.
Part of service cases requiring additional manual search or call for another location
12–42%Decreasing
This illustrative scenario assumes that 30-60% of errors can be addressed through the data and rule checks described. That share is assumed to fall by 40-70%. Company data is needed to verify both the addressable share and the resulting change.
Service cases are counted, in which the information outside the main workstation had to be manually checked before the action was completed. The percentage is calculated on the total number of instances of the same process checked.
Part of negative feedback on the presentation of information at the pharmacy
4–15%Decreasing
Indicative assumption: 15-30% of negative reviews relate to inconsistently provided pharmacist service information. The solution could reduce this proportion by 25-50%. This is a scenario of potential; the assumptions need to be verified by feedback collected by the company.
When a company starts collecting reviews, negative reviews about the presentation of information in the pharmacy are counted from all evaluations received on the subject. The same method of evaluation is applied before and after installation and similar customer groups are compared. Without initial data, the actual change is not determined.
Conditional calculation scenarios. The assumptions have not been validated against client measurements.
When this solution is relevant
- The employee checks the stock in other pharmacies, alternative forms, prescription status, product documents and previous communication by hand
- Less time remains for professional consultation, longer queues and increasing staff load
Implementation requirements
Reliable sources of prescriptions, products and network stock are identified for the pharmacist's workspace. Professional-compatible access and action without information being reached, and the volume of the extra screen is based on a realistically shortened search.
Further development options
- Presenting relevant advisory material by action
- Minimizing duplicate consultation documentation