Locale Studies
Medicines Supply Chain Management
In our country, the Philippines, inaccecible medicines is compounded by
health system incapability in relation to medicines management by municipal
governments in a devolved health situations. Additionally, medicine management
duties were implemented by all municipal governments; yet, these were below the
standard. There is a need for government officials to comprehend a systemic problems
in medicine management brought about by decentralized procurement system and
limited resources.
According Nieva R. & Robles Y.(2019), the absence of systematize processes
and equipments to facilitate easy and timely managing of medicines availability,
distribution and consumption led to overstocking and understocking. Getting short-
dated, near-expiry and irrelevant products which could not be easily disseminated
caused a problem to the health system as they must to be safely disposed. A system
that bridges the gap between the government and different health units should be in
place to make sure accesible medicines and minimize wastages. To ensure access to
medicines and reduce resource wastages, LGUs must create an information system
and consistent monitoring that can trace medicines usage, expenditures, and quality of
medicines use; local programs support to manage medicines use by patients, . An
efficient and effective local SCM system must establish to have an equitable access to
medicines and considering the foremost role of LGU in the delivery of basic public
health services.
Nieva Jr, R. F., & Robles, Y. R. (2019). Assessment of medicines supply
chain management of select primary care facilities in the Philippines. Pharmaceutical
Sciences Asia, 46(4).
Proper inventory management in medicine supply, staff support, spares and
stock material are necessary in order for the medical unit to work properly. It plays an
important role in all medical field. The importance of inventory management is to
make sure that the medicines should be supply at right time in the drug store/medical
unit to avoid waste and insufficiency and sustain optimal stock and to minimize in-
vestment.
To preserve the stored products from loss, damage, waste and to manage
movement of supplies from distributors to patients in the most economical and effi-
cient way are the objectives of medical management (Medical store management,
WHO). The priority in inventory management is patient’s safety, An effective and
successful process make sure the accesibility of medicines that are suitable to the pa-
tient’s conditions, at recognizable standards of quality, good inventory management
helps procurement and uses systems to track inventories and demands of patients to
have a reasonable access to medical products for their health and well-being. Medical
staffs who have a role in medicine nventory management must have proper training
with respect to their legal duties and expected standards of implemention.
To improve the inventory management for the patient’s well-being, the imple-
mentation of database management system is needed. This system captures and exam-
ines data thorugh software application that interacts with the threshold amount or a
near expirations date of stocked items. Furthermore, it gives an efficient and effective
method to manage inventory in medical facilities. Consequently lowers inventory
costs by automated usage-based reordering, monitors expiration date tracking, which
saves staff time and minimizes wastage and imporves pharmacy staff productivity.
Estanislao, S. J., Deloberjes, A. P., Itable, K. K., Lim, Y., & Sanchez, J. C. Inventory
and cycle count: Innovative pharmacy monitoring through
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