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Robotic Pharmacy Advantages

Pharmacy robotic machines automation reduces dispensing errors, leading to efficiencies in dispensary throughput and turnaround times, Enabling of re- engineering of pharmacy services, which might include developing a ward-based medicines management services and decentralizing the clinical pharmacy service.

Dispensing robots can lessen human fallibility by limiting reliance on memory, They can reduce the risk of medication errors if the system is properly installed, maintained and refilled. They can fill prescriptions and make the running of the pharmacy more efficient. They have proved highly beneficial to both patients and pharmacy staff.

Pharmacy automation system have transformed the healthcare landscape. They increase efficiency, improve the patient care and enhance the productivity. They can be major time-saver for the pharmacy.

Robotics Pharmacy Disadvantages

Pharmacy automation system can be difficult to implement new changes, It takes many steps to innovate and implement changes. Older automated dispensing machine may be less reliable, while newer ones may have a complicated interface that is difficult to use.

Robotic pharmacy offers many benefits but they do not completely remove the danger of pharmacy errors, automated pharmacy dispensing machine can make mistakes, if the wrong drug is loaded into the machine. So, the patients can receive the wrong medication before the problem is identified.

Robotics pharmacy drawbacks are all involved with cost. The disadvantages include high startup cost, partly resulting from facility renovations. However, these facility renovations lead to more cost, such as high continuing support cost.

Steps recommend be taken to protect patients from the effects of computer viruses, electricalmalfunctions and software bugs :

• In case of software problems, automated dispensing machines are run by computer programs that can fail without warning. Installing software updates and hooking the machine to the pharmacy own record management system.
• Whether a bug accidentally finds its way into a system, or an attacker intentionally injects one, researchers believe such breaches are happening more often with the growth of technology such as cloud computing.

QUESTION #1:

Given that computers are playing a more active role in medicine, as the administrator of a small hospital, discuss the advantages and disadvantages of introducing a centralized computerized hospital pharmacy system using robots. For robotic surgery, what steps would you recommend be taken to protect patients from the effects of computer viruses, electrical malfunctions, and software bugs?