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With tight budgets, pharmacy directors focus on lean management principles

Shrinking budgets and drug shortages are two of the biggest challenges faced by hospital pharmacy directors, according to a new report.  Kit Check, an automated hospital pharmacy kit and software provider, surveyed pharmacy directors representing 600 hospitals in the United States for its “Hospital Pharmacy Operations Report 2014”.

Alarmingly, 29% of hospitals surveyed have been forced to reduce pharmacist staff and 30% have cut pharmacy technician staff over the past year.

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