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News|Articles|September 16, 2026
- September 2026
- Volume 92
- Issue 9
From Reactive to Proactive: AI's Role in Modern Pharmacy Safety
Author(s)Kathleen Kenny, PharmD, RPh
Fact checked by: Ron Panarotti
Artificial intelligence (AI) transforms a chaotic, reactive process into an adaptive, proactive system that improves workflow and patient safety.
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Current pharmacy workflows depend extensively on human checkpoints, but human attention is vulnerable to fatigue and distraction. Current safety precautions use standardized, rule-based technology, such as barcode scans, that can help reduce workflow errors but do not improve the chaotic environment in which the workflow exists.
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