<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//NLM//DTD JATS (Z39.96) Journal Publishing DTD v1.2d1 20170631//EN" "JATS-journalpublishing1.dtd">
<ArticleSet>
  <Article>
    <Journal>
      <PublisherName>aaspjournal</PublisherName>
      <JournalTitle>Journal of Asian Association of Schools of Pharmacy</JournalTitle>
      <PISSN>I</PISSN>
      <EISSN>S</EISSN>
      <Volume-Issue>Volume 13 Issue 1</Volume-Issue>
      <PartNumber/>
      <IssueTopic>Multidisciplinary</IssueTopic>
      <IssueLanguage>English</IssueLanguage>
      <Season>January - December 2024</Season>
      <SpecialIssue>N</SpecialIssue>
      <SupplementaryIssue>N</SupplementaryIssue>
      <IssueOA>Y</IssueOA>
      <PubDate>
        <Year>2024</Year>
        <Month>11</Month>
        <Day>7</Day>
      </PubDate>
      <ArticleType>Pharmacy</ArticleType>
      <ArticleTitle>What should be done to improve the efficiency in dispensing-related tasks</ArticleTitle>
      <SubTitle/>
      <ArticleLanguage>English</ArticleLanguage>
      <ArticleOA>Y</ArticleOA>
      <FirstPage>20</FirstPage>
      <LastPage>28</LastPage>
      <AuthorList>
        <Author>
          <FirstName>Kayoko Takeda</FirstName>
          <LastName>Mamiya</LastName>
          <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage>
          <Affiliation/>
          <CorrespondingAuthor>N</CorrespondingAuthor>
          <ORCID/>
          <FirstName>Tetsumi</FirstName>
          <LastName>Irie</LastName>
          <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage>
          <Affiliation/>
          <CorrespondingAuthor>Y</CorrespondingAuthor>
          <ORCID/>
          <FirstName>Hajime</FirstName>
          <LastName>Hashiba</LastName>
          <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage>
          <Affiliation/>
          <CorrespondingAuthor>Y</CorrespondingAuthor>
          <ORCID/>
          <FirstName>Kiyoshi</FirstName>
          <LastName>Takahashi</LastName>
          <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage>
          <Affiliation/>
          <CorrespondingAuthor>Y</CorrespondingAuthor>
          <ORCID/>
        </Author>
      </AuthorList>
      <DOI/>
      <Abstract>Objective: To determine areas in which pharmacists believe efficiency should be improved in dispensing-related tasks and understand the needs in health care settings. Methods: A web-based survey was conducted among pharmacists in Japan to identify dispensing-related tasks that could be improved to increase pharmacists’ work efficiency. Descriptive statistics and chi-square tests were used for analysis. Results: Overall, 549 responses were analysed. Respondents included 301 (54.8%) community pharmacy pharmacists, 36 (6.6%) drugstore pharmacists, and 212 (38.6%) hospital pharmacists; 423 (77.0%) pharmacists had been working for more than 10 years. The results showed that 90.9% of pharmacists recognised the need to improve efficiency in dispensing-related tasks and to focus on interpersonal tasks. Regarding tasks that should be made more efficient, pharmaceutical inventory management, dispensing of one-dose packages, and counting dispensing were suggested by 66.8%, 46.3%, and 42.4% of respondents, respectively. If they could streamline their business, improving patient medication guidance and follow-up as well as investigating new drugs and diseases were reported by 40.8% and 38.8% of pharmacists, respectively. Conclusions: This survey research has identified dispensing-related tasks that need to be improved in terms of efficiency to meet the social needs of pharmacists.</Abstract>
      <AbstractLanguage>English</AbstractLanguage>
      <Keywords>questionnaire surveys, pharmacists, efficiency of dispensing-related tasks, interpersonal services</Keywords>
      <URLs>
        <Abstract>https://aaspjournal.org/ubijournal-v1copy/journals/abstract.php?article_id=15508&amp;title=What should be done to improve the efficiency in dispensing-related tasks</Abstract>
      </URLs>
      <References>
        <ReferencesarticleTitle>References</ReferencesarticleTitle>
        <ReferencesfirstPage>16</ReferencesfirstPage>
        <ReferenceslastPage>19</ReferenceslastPage>
        <References/>
      </References>
    </Journal>
  </Article>
</ArticleSet>