Uddin Z, Bear R A
St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto.
Healthc Manage Forum. 1997 Winter;10(4):45-7. doi: 10.1016/S0840-4704(10)60985-4.
This brief report explores the direction being pursued by hospitals interested in outsourcing non-core activities within the pharmacy department. Private sector logistics companies are looking to position themselves in the drug product supply chain to facilitate seamless transfers of drug products, ordering information and payments between drug manufacturers and hospitals. Opportunities for implementing consolidated purchasing, unit dosing, just-in-time inventory and electronic commerce systems are discussed.
本简要报告探讨了有意将药房部门非核心活动外包的医院所追求的方向。私营部门物流公司正寻求在药品供应链中占据一席之地，以促进药品、订购信息及款项在药品制造商与医院之间的无缝转移。文中还讨论了实施集中采购、单位剂量调配、即时库存管理及电子商务系统的机会。
