AI for Pharmacy 'Tasks,' People for 'Added Value.' Reducing Pharmacy Workload and Training Costs
NeoX Inc. is addressing pharmacy labor shortages and operational burdens by providing AI-OCR "Yakushimaru Kenta" and "Smart Pharmacy." These solutions support prescription input and standardize operations, contributing to shorter training periods and reduced overtime, aiming to create an environment where pharmacists can focus on patient care.
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Our company supports April Dream, which aims to make April 1st a day to announce dreams. This press release is NeoX's dream.
Pharmacies today face a dual burden: severe labor shortages and the pressure of life-threatening errors if mistakes are made. Amidst daily operational demands, it's difficult to allocate sufficient time for training and organizing tasks. Our dream is to create an environment where AI supports "judgment and tasks," allowing people to wholeheartedly dedicate themselves to truly human work—engaging with each patient and providing thorough medication guidance.
To achieve this, NeoX Inc. (Headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: He Shuben) is tackling on-site challenges through its prescription input support AI-OCR "Yakushimaru Kenta" and "Smart Pharmacy," which unifies pharmacy operations.
## The Background to Realizing Our Dream
NeoX's business began with an encounter with a certain pharmacy. Before the commercialization of Yakushimaru Kenta, when we conducted a prescription reading test at a pharmacy's actual store, we were asked, "Please use our actual store for research and development and product commercialization." This became a major impetus for advancing development. To date, we have read over 100 million prescriptions and have continued to improve functions based on the learning acquired from them.
In pharmacies, accuracy is required for a continuous series of tasks from reception to accounting. We believe our mission is to provide a "system" and "technology" that seamlessly connects fragmented tasks, allowing anyone to use it stably and without hesitation.
## Significantly Reducing Training Costs. Shortening Training Period from 1 Month to 3 Days
Prescriptions come in various formats and inconsistent descriptions, requiring experience for reading and verification. This increases training costs and makes errors more likely. This not only leads to exhaustion for on-site staff but also directly impacts management challenges such as recruitment, training, and retention of personnel.
Therefore, we provide a mechanism to standardize operations using AI's strength in "accurately reading and processing information."
In stores where it has actually been introduced, we have seen tangible results, such as:
- Training period shortened from 1 month to 3 days
- Administrative staff overtime reduced by approximately 34%
By processing with "the same, correct accuracy every time," AI reduces staff errors and anxiety, creating a "win-win-win" situation for management, on-site staff, and patients.
## "Reading
Keywords: Pharmacy DX, Dispensing Pharmacy, Prescription Reading, Medication Guidance, Operational Efficiency, Medical DX, Medical AI, AI Agent, Yakushimaru Kenta, April Dream
Pharmacies today face a dual burden: severe labor shortages and the pressure of life-threatening errors if mistakes are made. Amidst daily operational demands, it's difficult to allocate sufficient time for training and organizing tasks. Our dream is to create an environment where AI supports "judgment and tasks," allowing people to wholeheartedly dedicate themselves to truly human work—engaging with each patient and providing thorough medication guidance.
To achieve this, NeoX Inc. (Headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: He Shuben) is tackling on-site challenges through its prescription input support AI-OCR "Yakushimaru Kenta" and "Smart Pharmacy," which unifies pharmacy operations.
## The Background to Realizing Our Dream
NeoX's business began with an encounter with a certain pharmacy. Before the commercialization of Yakushimaru Kenta, when we conducted a prescription reading test at a pharmacy's actual store, we were asked, "Please use our actual store for research and development and product commercialization." This became a major impetus for advancing development. To date, we have read over 100 million prescriptions and have continued to improve functions based on the learning acquired from them.
In pharmacies, accuracy is required for a continuous series of tasks from reception to accounting. We believe our mission is to provide a "system" and "technology" that seamlessly connects fragmented tasks, allowing anyone to use it stably and without hesitation.
## Significantly Reducing Training Costs. Shortening Training Period from 1 Month to 3 Days
Prescriptions come in various formats and inconsistent descriptions, requiring experience for reading and verification. This increases training costs and makes errors more likely. This not only leads to exhaustion for on-site staff but also directly impacts management challenges such as recruitment, training, and retention of personnel.
Therefore, we provide a mechanism to standardize operations using AI's strength in "accurately reading and processing information."
In stores where it has actually been introduced, we have seen tangible results, such as:
- Training period shortened from 1 month to 3 days
- Administrative staff overtime reduced by approximately 34%
By processing with "the same, correct accuracy every time," AI reduces staff errors and anxiety, creating a "win-win-win" situation for management, on-site staff, and patients.
## "Reading
Keywords: Pharmacy DX, Dispensing Pharmacy, Prescription Reading, Medication Guidance, Operational Efficiency, Medical DX, Medical AI, AI Agent, Yakushimaru Kenta, April Dream