Implementing six sigma management to shorten the time of taking medicine from intelligent medicine cabinet in inpatient ward
The application of an intelligent inpatient pharmacy management system based on the Six Sigma methodology effectively reduced the time nurses needed to retrieve medications, enhanced overall nurse satisfaction, lowered error rates caused by human factors.
Authors
- Dan Zhao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7066-9058)
- Mengting Sun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5342-4075)
- Tao Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4443-1227)
- Yihong Peng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3603-8014)
- Jie Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4677-4891)
Institutions
- Soochow University (CN)
- Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy
- Published
- 2025-07-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcsop.2025.100631
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Patient Safety and Medication Errors
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.52