Re-engineering a pharmacy work system and layout to facilitate patient counseling

The development and evaluation of a new work system and facility design for a chain of community pharmacies are described. A new work system was developed to optimize utilization of pharmacist and technician time and allow the pharmacy to increase patient counseling without adding personnel. In the...

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Published in:American journal of health-system pharmacy 1996-07, Vol.53 (13), p.1558-1564
Main Authors: Lin, AC, Jang, R, Sedani, D, Thomas, S, Barker, KN, Flynn, EA
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Biological and medical sciences
Community Pharmacy Services - organization & administration
Computer Simulation
Counseling
Facility Design and Construction
General pharmacology
Humans
Medical sciences
Miscellaneous
Ohio
Patient Education as Topic - organization & administration
Pharmacology. Drug treatments
Time and Motion Studies
Workload
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