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

American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy

Volumn 53, Issue 13, 1996, Pages 1558-1564

  Lin, Alex C ^a,h   Jang, Raymond ^b   Sedani, Dilip ^c,d   Thomas, Susan ^b,e   Barker, Kenneth N ^f   Flynn, Elizabeth A ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UC   (United States)

^c Eckerd Drug Company   (United States)

^d Pharmacy Operation Services   (United States)

^e Workflow Solutions Inc   (United States)

^f AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g AU

^h UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Computers; Job description; Manpower; Patient information; Personnel, pharmacy; Pharmacists, community; Pharmacy, community; Planning and design; Time studies; Workload

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MANPOWER PLANNING; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0029900755     PISSN: 10792082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajhp/53.13.1558     Document Type: Article

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