The Practice of Automated Drug Dispensing Technology on the Reduction of Medication Errors in the Medication Process

摘要

This review is used to describe the automated dispensing systems increasing opportunities for improving the health care system. Safe automated dispensing systems (ADS) were suitable for providing a patient’s medication therapy when pharmacists are caregivers. This review highlights the use of time-saving technologies such as automated dispensing machines, automated dispensing cabinets, and robotic original pack dispensing systems which have been suggested as potential mechanisms for reducing medication errors, improve accuracy, safety, and efficiency of medication dispensing. The implementation of automated dispensing machines improves the quality of the medication distribution process as compared with Manual Dispensing System. This review also emphasizes the impact of new emerging technologies of an automated dispensing system (ADS) on reducing medication errors and ADE. The Automated dispensing system is a key strategy of improving patient safety through increasing interaction between the patient and pharmacist, resulting in a chance for pharmacists to carry out new clinical functions. This review focus on the practices of automated drug dispensing in different terms in order to reduce the medication errors drug medication process.