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  • Title: Pharmacy-nursing facsimile systems: set-up considerations and operational issues.
    Author: Gannon PM.
    Journal: Hosp Pharm; 1992 Feb; 27(2):111-5, 132. PubMed ID: 10116496.
    Abstract:
    The use of facsimile (fax) machines for the electronic transmission of physician's orders from nursing areas to a hospital pharmacy has become increasingly popular. Although the uses and benefits of fax machines are straightforward in this practice setting, namely a significant decrease in order processing turn around time, the problems that may develop are often not described in the literature. This article describes some of the set-up concerns, operational problems, forms considerations, staff training, paper costs, equipment needs, transmission volume, and equipment maintenance involved with fax systems.
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