Artificial intelligence (AI) transforms a chaotic, reactive process into an adaptive, proactive system that improves workflow and patient safety.
|Articles|December 22, 2017
- December 2017 Heart Health
- Volume 83
- Issue 12
Pet Peeves (December 2017)
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'TIS THE SEASON
As much as I love the holidays, the massive influx of patients who rush to fill up their prescriptions in the days leading up to Christmas can leave me feeling a little less
than jolly.
HOLIDAY BONUS
When patients ask for free pills, special discounts, or early refills simply because “it’s the holidays.”
NOT DREAMING OF A WHITE CHRISTMAS
Many people may hope for snow on Christmas, but pharmacists who have to work that day sure don’t.
BAH HUMBUG
Doctors, nurses, and patients who are unusually rude or curmud- geonly during the holiday season.
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