Looks like the Governator failed :[

[Skyforever]

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[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oumlYbwfAsI&feature=player_embedded[/YOUTUBE]

Of all schools to forge the end, why UCSF, why????????
Uncanny valley to the maximum~

 

[NaOH]

I for one welcome our new robotic pharmacy overlords.

Think of all the time we'll have for MTM.

 

[Buk Lau]

It's really the start of the end for the pharmacy profession. How long that will take, I don't know, but they never talk about what the role of the pharmacist is going to be in the video. It seems like you can almost eliminate a pharmacist because of the machine. Of course, the pharmacist still needs to be present in order to guide the physician on the interactions of drugs, etc...but I just don't see how the pharmacist will adapt to this technology.

 

[hsb1104]

This looks more concerning for techs than for pharmacists to me... all the things the robots are doing are things techs do.

 

[Digsbe]

This looks more concerning for techs than for pharmacists to me... all the things the robots are doing are things techs do.

This was also my thinking.

 

[Argentium]

It's really the start of the end for the pharmacy profession. How long that will take, I don't know, but they never talk about what the role of the pharmacist is going to be in the video. It seems like you can almost eliminate a pharmacist because of the machine. Of course, the pharmacist still needs to be present in order to guide the physician on the interactions of drugs, etc...but I just don't see how the pharmacist will adapt to this technology.

"pharmacist still need to be present in order to guide the physician on the interactions of drugs" - good joke. pharmacist needs to be present because of a law that says the pharmacist needs to be there

 

[Incitatus]

I've worked with some of the more advanced machines, Parada RDS, Parada MAX, Yuyama, Scriptpro
Let me assure you, these things are clumsy, some of them are poorly designed (Parada) and they can't fully replace a tech, let alone a pharmacist. They never get a drug wrong, but they do VERY FREQUENTLY get the counts wrong. They can't do anything about data entry, and they can, and in some cases, often do have software issues.

Most importantly, they cost Big money. Easily $500,000 before maintenance contracts. And they are limited in scale. These big machines can typically only contain ~200 (on the upper range) drugs. Certainly not all inclusive.

So while one pharmacy may have fully automated, trust me, this is not something that will be really jeopardizing our profession anytime soon.

 

[smercer]

Robots are sneaky..Today it's the drugstores...tomorrow the world!!!

 

[Doulos]

That machine looks like something that the Umbrella Corporation would have made up in the Resident Evil movies.

Myself, I agree with hsb that this gizmo poses more of a threat to techs than actual pharmacists. Even there, the threat is minimal. This type of setup can only realistically be integrated in a hospital environment. I don't see local drug stores putting one of these in. The machine probably costs nearly as much as it what is required to setup the structure for your typical corner CVS.

I can't see this becoming a dominant force in the field. Just because you can get a machine to do something doesn't mean that it makes sense in the real world. I'm guessing they might be able to come up with a machine that breaks down a side of beef into retail cuts but you'll never see on in a local butcher shop either. It just doesn't make sense.

 

[tongiecc]

That machine looks like something that the Umbrella Corporation would have made up in the Resident Evil movies.

Myself, I agree with hsb that this gizmo poses more of a threat to techs than actual pharmacists. Even there, the threat is minimal. This type of setup can only realistically be integrated in a hospital environment. I don't see local drug stores putting one of these in. The machine probably costs nearly as much as it what is required to setup the structure for your typical corner CVS.

I can't see this becoming a dominant force in the field. Just because you can get a machine to do something doesn't mean that it makes sense in the real world. I'm guessing they might be able to come up with a machine that breaks down a side of beef into retail cuts but you'll never see on in a local butcher shop either. It just doesn't make sense.

Not related to the post, but actually your sig; if for some chance you don't want to/end up doing pharm school, etc, you should look into being a tech at a hospital. Where I work I think the techs can make upwards of 20/hr (range is probably like 13-20+ DOE), with great benefits and 4.5 weeks of PTO. I know it's not 100k, but when you figure a student loan payment of 1500/mo that's not/only partially tax deductible (b/c of your 100k+ salary) coupled w/higher income portions being taxed higher, the difference is probably not that much (at least until loans are paid off). Now if you can go somewhere cheap in state and have little to no debt, it's a no brainer to go for pharm school, b/c if you're only 40k or less in debt, you are more in tge drivers seat than the poor kids that will come out with 100k plus who will be desperate to take anything and be in big trouble b/c the interest alone on their loans could be 600-1k/mo.