EMPOWERING HEALTHCARE OPERATIONS WITH NEXT-GENERATION COMPLIANCE AND INVENTORY SOLUTIONS

Authors

  • Rajesh Karvannan Senior Specialist Engineer, Global Logic Worldwide Holdings – A Hitachi Group Company, USA Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15662/64wqn391

Keywords:

Healthcare, Retail Pharmacy, Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Assistants, Supply Chain Resilience

Abstract

New technology along with what patients want are making both the health care and 
retail pharmacy industries change quickly. Health care centers that offer a full range 
of services are turning into retail pharmacies. They provide medical care, 
individualized care, and help people deal with long-term illnesses.  AI is helping people 
get the care they need, keeping patients safe, and making things run more smoothly. AI
powered predictive analytics will help pharmacies avoid making mistakes with 
medications, better predict demand, keep their stock at the right levels, and make better 
use of their resources. Pharmacists can now treat and keep patients healthy from a 
distance thanks to virtual assistants and telehealth interoperability. It will be easier to 
handle paperwork and keep the pharmacy safe from problems in the supply chain if new 
technologies are used and the pharmacy is automated. AI will become even more 
important in pharmacy as deep learning, generative AI, and personalized medicine get 
better. AI-created digital twins will help doctors act like patients and improve clinical 
decision support systems for precision medicine. Autonomous AI systems will simplify 
inventory management and optimization. AI ethics will promote greater transparency 
and reduce bias within pharmacy services while ensuring pharmacy services remain within guidelines of standard operating procedures to remain safe and useful. AI telepharmacy and virtual care solutions will extend patient access to practicitioners 
and health services regardless of patients' locations. All together, these trends represent 
a significant transition in the delivery of healthcare. Care will move from reactive, 
informed by data, and patient-centered to preventative, informed by data, and patient
centered, will change the function role of retail pharmacy in the healthcare delivery 
model.

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Published

2023-08-16

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EMPOWERING HEALTHCARE OPERATIONS WITH NEXT-GENERATION COMPLIANCE AND INVENTORY SOLUTIONS . (2023). International Journal of Engineering & Extended Technologies Research (IJEETR), 5(4), 297-313. https://doi.org/10.15662/64wqn391