ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE：To investigate the problem s and improvement measures in the application of automatic drug delivery system in outpatient pharmacy of our hospital ，and to provide reference for the construction of automatic drug delivery system in outpatient pharmacy. METHODS ：Combined with the pharmacy module function of HIS system in our hospital and the actual needs of the pharmacist in drug delivery process ，the automatic delivery system of our hospital （including automatic delivery machine ， prescription dispensing and delivery mode ，intelligent medicine basket ）was established for operation and optimization. RESULTS ： After six months of running period ，the hardware of the automatic dispensing machine had been stabilized ，and the software functions had been optimized ，including the mode of pre-dispensing ，drug storage ，system prompt ，quantity of dispensing ， management of the drug period of validity ，and the mode of dispensing at the peak of drug taking. At the same time ，the emergency plan was formulated for automatic dispensing system. The application of the automatic dispensing machine shared 80％ of pharmacists ’prescription dispensing on an average day ，saved labor cost （reduce the labor cost of about 2 pharmacists）， shortened patients ’waiting time for drug-taking （down from 7.45 min to 6.61 min on average ，P＜0.01），reduced prescription dispensing error rate （down from 0.040 9％ to 0.019 5％ on average ，P＜0.01）. CONCLUSIONS ：The establishment of automatic drug delivery system in our hospital has reduced the workload of pharmacists ，improved the work efficiency ，decreased prescription dispensing error and promoted the quality of pharmaceutical care.