Abstract
Community pharmacies are responsible for buying, stoking, and dispensing medicines. These businesses play a central role in healthcare systems. Study aim: To define possible contributions of community Pharmacies in smart cities. Research question: How can community Pharmacies contribute to smart cities? Methods: A brief systematic review was carried out. Three databases were browsed: PubMed, SciELO and Google Scholar. Databases were conveniently selected. Inclusion criteria: any study specifically about the involvement of community pharmacies in smart cities. Results: Only, 5 papers were selected (5 out of 104). Selected papers were about the safety transport of medicines, e-prescribing, electronic product information, use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and pharmaceutical services. Discussion: Community pharmacies can provide diverse health services in smart cities, such as collecting patients’ clinical data, re-dispensing of reused medicines, applying diagnostic tools, generating automatic alerts about precautions/contra indications of medicines, follow-up of patients, and/or alerting patients for the necessity of routine exams. Conclusion: The number of studies on the present topic was very limited. The massive and coordinated integration of community pharmacies and pharmaceutical services in smart cities is lacking. ICTs, artificial intelligence, and internet of things, among others seem to be crucial for the integration of community pharmacies in smart cities. Further studies are recommended.
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