197. Automation in Operational Safety & Efficiency: An Executive's Perspective feat. Dr. Rita Jew

Intended Audience: Everyone

On today's episode, we're very excited to speak with nationally recognized pharmacy executive, Dr. Rita Jew, on her experience and thoughts on operational efficiency and safety with the use of automation and healthcare technology. She's been part of a number of innovative implementations in the hospital systems setting and discusses how important it is to use these technology tools to ultimately improve patient care.

Some of the topics of today's episode include:

1. Automation and its implications in pharmacy workflows
   


2. Lean concepts and its importance for projects
   


3. Failure mode & effects analysis (FMEA) and its importance in project reviews
   


4. Getting your food in the door with pharmacy informatics and technology
   
   
   
   If you have any questions, you can reach out to Dr. Jew at ritajew90@gmail.com

Her LinkedIn is at https://www.linkedin.com/in/rita-jew-aba52612/

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