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Where do they still do that? I live in a developing country (some people call it third world) and the private hospitals here have been using all electronic medi
by geomark 10y ago
Where do they still do that? I live in a developing country (some people call it third world) and the private hospitals here have been using all electronic medication ordering and fulfilment for quite a while, at least since 2009[1].
Doctor enters the prescription into a networked computer. It goes to a robotic pill picker/packer that affixes the label with instrucitons. Outpatients pick up the medication at the desk on the way out. For inpatients it is sent to the nurses' station on the floor of their hospital room.
It's been a while since I've been to a hospital in the US. I just assumed they were already doing this.
[1] http://medicaltravelsite.com/blog/bumrungrad-utilitizing-medical-robots/ http://medicaltravelsite.com/blog/bumrungrad-utilitizing-med...
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