International expert consensus on hospital intelligent pharmacy

As the rapid advancements in medical technology and increasing demands for personalized medication, Hospital Intelligent Pharmacy (HIP) integrates artificial intelligence, large-scale health data analytics, the Internet of Things (IoT), and other cutting-edge technologies to optimize end-to-end pharmaceutical supply chain processes, management, and clinical processes. In recent years, regulatory agencies such as the European Medicines Agency (EMA), the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA), and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) have issued policies to promote intelligent pharmacy development. However, HIP still faces challenges including ambiguous definitions, absence of standardized technical protocols, and incomplete evaluation frameworks. To address these issues, international and domestic academic organizations collaboratively developed the International Expert Consensus on Hospital Intelligent Pharmacy. This consensus clarifies HIP’s definition, core components, and systematic framework, providing scientific guidance for standardized implementation and clinical application of intelligent pharmacy in hospitals. Utilizing a Delphi method process, expert opinions will be collected, analyzed, and refined. The current consensus defines HIP’s scope and principles, outlining a framework with 10 components: intelligent drug supply chain management, drug dispensing, prescription review, pharmacovigilance, medication therapy management, therapeutic drug monitoring, telepharmacy services, pharmacy administration, science popularization, and clinical trials. Future directions focus on 5 key areas: AI-augmented pharmacist competency development, advancing pharmaceutical scientific research, fostering intelligent pharmaceutical publications and journals, addressing ethical and legal challenges, and promoting international harmonization in pharmacy. The consensus offers critical references and exploratory pathways for HIP’s global advancement.