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Implementation of a dashboard within a quality management system in the pharmacy department
European Statement
Patient Safety and Quality Assurance
Author(s)
Hana Sakly
Why was it done?
The pharmacy must assess its own activity in order to better manage, to structure, respond to needs. This assessment is necessary in order to measure the productivity.
What was done?
The purpose of our work is to identify the key performance indicators for management and piloting a hospital pharmacy. The aim is to develop dashboards, a real management tool, for the management and monitoring of pharmaceutical activities in order to optimize performance and ensure continuous improvement.
How was it done?
The methodological basis of our study is based on a process-based management of hospital pharmaceutical activities. Our target is to achieve the same approach to these processes, within the various functional and concerned units, in order to harmonize and simplify the quantitative and qualitative monitoring of pharmaceutical activities.
What has been achieved?
Macroscopic cartography of pharmacy processes was established and the most critical processes were selected on the basis of a matrix. In total, eight key processes have been identified. The identity cards for these processes have been drawn up. Quality indicators have been identified. These indicators are intended to assess and monitor the processes. A first design of dashboards with the elements collected was proposed. This dashboard could evolve during the implementation of this project within the Pharmacy department.
What next?
These dashboards have to be finalized, validated and officially put into practice within the Pharmacy department. This methodology must be applied to the discipline of Clinical Pharmacy. Quantitative and qualitative assessment of the activities carried out within the pharmacy should be a subject for priority debate at the national level to finally find agreement on a relevant measurement tool.