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European Markets for Pharmacy Automation Systems
Frost & Sullivan, May 2010, Pages: 218
This study covers the state of European markets for pharmacy automation systems, examining drivers and restraints for growth, pricing, distribution, technology, legislation, demand and geographical trends. Following from these, market growth for regional and market segments are forecasted. In addition, an in-depth analysis of the competitive situation including vendors' market shares is performed. The base year is 2009 with forecasts running through 2016. The market is further divided into three sub segments including prescription management automation systems, medication pick-up automation systems and drug dispensing automation systems. Detailed analysis of seven western European countries is included.
Research Overview
This Frost & Sullivan research service titled European Markets for Pharmacy Automation Systems provides a comprehensive analysis of the European markets for pharmacy automation systems and discusses the long-term opportunities within those markets. In this research, Frost & Sullivan's expert analysts thoroughly examine the following markets: prescription management automation systems, medication pick-up automation systems and drug dispensing automation systems.
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Market Overview
Low Installation Rates in Retail Pharmacies across Europe Offer Significant Growth Potential for Pharmacy Automation Systems Market
Pharmacy automation systems automate the various processes in a pharmacy such as storage, packaging, dispensing, pick up, delivery and distribution of drugs, besides electronic data transfer and storage of transaction details. The adoption rate of these systems in Europe is progressing from the basic prescription management automation systems to medication pick-up and drug dispensing automation systems. There is significant potential for growth in pharmacy automation systems’ adoption rates and revenues in the retail pharmacy market across Europe.
“Pharmacy automation systems translate a product-centric pharmacy model into a patient-centric workflow model, thus improving the pharmacy environment for both the patients and the pharmacists,” says the analyst of this research. “More importantly, these systems reduce the waiting time for the patients, lower medication errors, prevent adverse drug events (ADE), and ease operating costs for the pharmacy, thereby enhancing patient safety, pharmacy productivity, and turnover.” There is considerable demand and potential for automation systems among retail pharmacies. Although the annual maintenance charges of automation systems are one of the least in the healthcare IT market in Europe, the revenues of pharmacy automation systems market are expected to more than double only by 2016.
However, diverse adoption characteristics among the various pharmacy groups in Europe results in slow market growth. Furthermore, the availability of varied information systems in the market for pharmacy workflows tends to confuse the end users, resulting in reduced penetration rates. “There are several information systems available for pharmacy deployment in Europe such as pharmacy management systems, pharmacy information systems, and electronic prescribing systems,” explains the analyst. “These systems reduce the market potential for advanced pharmacy automation systems as the end-users make do with these basic workflow automation systems to meet the automation requirements of their pharmacy.” Standardising and consolidating delivery models for various pharmacy groups will help in increasing penetration rates. Organising workshops to educate end users on the systems’ capabilities and convening meetings to understand their requirements for offering customised solutions will promote customer satisfaction, and thereby expand the customer base.
Market Sectors
Expert Frost & Sullivan analysts thoroughly examine the following market sectors in this research:
- Prescription management automation systems
- Medication pick-up automation systems
- Drug dispensing automation systems
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