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Pseudopharmacy practice and the future

American Journal of Hospital Pharmacy

|February 1, 1982

Summary

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Hospital pharmacy must innovate to meet societal changes, avoiding "pseudopharmacy" by critically analyzing programs. Future trends include automated dispensing and consumer-focused outpatient services.

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Area of Science:

Pharmacy Practice
Health Services Research

Background:

Rapid societal changes necessitate innovation in hospital pharmacy.
Past innovative responses have sometimes been superficial, termed "pseudopharmacy".

Purpose of the Study:

To observe current hospital pharmacy practices and discuss future trends.
To identify strategies for avoiding pseudopharmacy and ensuring effective innovation.

Main Methods:

Literature review and critical analysis of hospital pharmacy practices.
Case study of unit dose dispensing implementation.
Forecasting future trends in pharmacy services and automation.

Main Results:

Unit dose dispensing has been inconsistently implemented.

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Future hospital outpatient pharmacies may resemble chain drug stores, focusing on marketing and self-medication information.

Pharmacy practice may become decentralized with fully automated prescription dispensing.

Conclusions:

Hospital pharmacy must proactively develop robust proposals for future developments.
An independent Policy Analysis Laboratory is proposed to provide objective feedback and prevent pseudopharmacy.