AI IN HEALTHCARE SYSTEM (HOSPITAL PHARMACY)

Favour Ebube Ugwu*

ABSTRACT

The use of AI in the healthcare system is very important as it helps to ease work and promote more accuracy and efficiency of service. They help to regulate the sale and dispensing of certain drugs like High Risk Drugs, Narcotic and Psychotropic substance, reduce medication error, accurate dispensing of SALA drugs, monitoring adverse drug reaction, dug-drug interaction, drug-food interaction, Hospital Pharmacy is defined as the practice of pharmacy in the hospital under the guide of a registered pharmacist. In hospital pharmacy, the use of AI helps to Analyse structure of a target protein in drug discovery and compounding of drugs. Hospital pharmacist helps in dispensing of medication, patient counselling, helps guide patients for medication Adherence purposes, medication history interview, medication chart review, clinical review, ward-round visit, budge preparation and implementation of budget, purchase and inventory control, analysis of drug expenditure (ABC analysis, VED analysis, EOQ, Lead time, Buffer stock), control and reporting of use of investigational drugs. Counsel patients on the use of OTC drugs, medication history of patients, pharmaceutical care, dosing pattern of patients and drug therapy based on pharmacokinetic and disease pattern, dose adjustment for patients. Certain challenges faced in the hospital pharmacy include medication error, SALA drugs dispensing error, Medication Dispensing error and Pharmacist Burnout, Medication Non-Adherence, Warehouse Labour cost, Drug Compounding and Discovery, Drug-drug interaction, Drug food interaction. With the help of AI, it can help reduce or put to an end in medication error, error in dispensing of medicationand pharmacist burnout, accurate arrangement and dispensing of SALA drugs, help patients in medication adherence and also help in drug discovery and drug compounding in the hospital.

Keywords: Pharmacy, Hospital, AI, Drug interaction, microchips.