The workflow operations of a pharmacy are not as easy as they seem. It requires proper support and understanding of both front end pharmacy and back-end pharmacy processes. The proper working of both these areas is what ensures the workflow of pharmacy operations. The front-end process includes enrollment of the drug, verifying the insurance of the said drugs, entering the data about all the orders, and other related activities are done by the management team. On the other hand, the back-end process includes dispensing the drugs, making sure that the quality of the drugs is up to the mark (standard), and then includes the shipping of the drugs to their destination.
Every retail
pharmacy or any other pharmacy includes all these processes. It is
crucial that both these processes are taken care of or else, further processing
may get disturbed. Be it front end pharmacy process or the
back-end ones, both require technology solutions to make the whole process
easier. Involving the latest technology in this workflow will not only be
efficient but also be cost-effective.
Now many
people compare retail pharmacy workers and hospital pharmacy
workers, the following is a list of differences:
- The pharmacists
working in hospitals get considerably higher pay than the ones working in
retail.
- The working hours of a
retail pharmacy maybe 24 hours but they do have some specific business
hours. On the other hand, hospital pharmacies are open at all odd hours,
be it rain or shine because most of the medicines prescribed to the indoor
patients are filled through the hospital pharmacists.
- The people working in
a retail Independent pharmacy have interaction with
different kinds of people while the ones working in hospitals do not get
to interact with as many people. The hospital working pharmacists may work
with managing the dosage of a patient but do not interact with them.
- Some retail
pharmacy workers do not have many qualifications and can still
work there while hospital pharmacy workers need proper certification to
work in a hospital.
- The working
environment of a retail pharmacy is not as strenuous as a hospital
pharmacy because, in the retail one, the medicine given out can easily be
handled by customers while the one given out in hospital pharmacies can
mostly be administered by doctors only.
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