Jiraporn Saesor. E-readiness assessment for barcode technology implementation in pharmaceutical department in Thai hospitals. Master's Degree(Industrial Engineering). Mahidol University. Mahidol University Library and Knowledge Center. : Mahidol University, 2013.
E-readiness assessment for barcode technology implementation in pharmaceutical department in Thai hospitals
Abstract:
Thai hospitals are facing the problems of information exchange between parties in its supply chain, which is not efficient or accurate. Using barcode technology has helped to improve efficiency and eliminate human errors in various industries including manufacturing, retail, and agriculture. However, the application of barcode technology in hospital services has just been taken into consideration. Therefore, the objective of this research is to construct a guideline for e-readiness assessment of hospital operations to adopt barcode technology into Pharmaceutical Department. A total of thirty factors are classified into six dimensions including people, technology, process, organization, government, and hospital environment. A survey of one hundred and forty hospital staff at small and large size public hospitals, and private hospitals has been conducted in order to collect data. Once the data was collected, it was analyzed using fuzzy importance-performance analysis (Fuzzy-IPA) and the Readiness-Check program was developed to guide each hospital group. This research found that each hospital group focused differently on factors of immediately improvement and the allocation of sufficient resources towards being ready for barcode technology implementation.
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