Pharmacy automation is a broad category — it can include vial robots for retail pharmacy settings, adherence packagers for long-term care and hospital facilities that provide patients with multi-dose blister cards or pouch packages, and complex integrations in high volume mail order and central fill settings. No matter the pharmacy setting, the overarching goal of pharmacy automation systems is to streamline pharmacy operations and optimize patient care. Today, however, that goal should expand to include using pharmacy automation solutions to find new sources of revenue.
Pharmacies today are challenged by increased workloads, staffing shortages, pricing pressures, and regulatory compliance requirements, to name a few.