Digitalizing the Pharmaceutical Logistics in Healthcare Units: The Case of a Public Hospital

Rabii Faouzi

2023

Abstract

The Ministry of Health and Social Protection (MHSP), aware of the crucial importance of the pharmaceutical logistics in healthcare departments in securing the drugs circuit in hospitals, has opted, as part of the health system modernization program, for the acquisition and installation of new automated and secure stations for the distribution of medicines and medical devices in the healthcare departments of the SEGMA public hospitals. For the sake of our analysis, we used the « 5M » method (or Ishikawa diagram) with the aim of: (i) evaluating the contributing factors capable of ensuring the smooth operation of these stations; (ii) identifying strengths for optimizing the management of supplies at the department level; and (iii) proposing appropriate solutions to overcome the critical points necessary for improving the storage and traceability conditions for medicines and medical devices at the level of healthcare departments. The results of our study support the arguments in favor of digitizing pharmaceutical logistics in public hospitals, but also highlight the points that need to be improved in order to make the hospital drug circuit more secure.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Faouzi R. (2023). Digitalizing the Pharmaceutical Logistics in Healthcare Units: The Case of a Public Hospital. In Proceedings of the 1st International e-Health Forum - Volume 1: IeHF; ISBN 978-989-758-711-5, SciTePress, pages 18-20. DOI: 10.5220/0012754400003854

in Bibtex Style

@conference{iehf23,
author={Rabii Faouzi},
title={Digitalizing the Pharmaceutical Logistics in Healthcare Units: The Case of a Public Hospital},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st International e-Health Forum - Volume 1: IeHF},
year={2023},
pages={18-20},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0012754400003854},
isbn={978-989-758-711-5},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 1st International e-Health Forum - Volume 1: IeHF
TI - Digitalizing the Pharmaceutical Logistics in Healthcare Units: The Case of a Public Hospital
SN - 978-989-758-711-5
AU - Faouzi R.
PY - 2023
SP - 18
EP - 20
DO - 10.5220/0012754400003854
PB - SciTePress