Automation in Pharmacy Compounding Ensures Accuracy, Standardization | ASHP Midyear 2025

Moving from manual, unmeasured processes to real-time feedback loops that provide constantly updated data, automation within intravenous (IV) compounding robotics has made its way to the forefront of pharmacy and health-system businesses.

“It's a game-changer when you think about automation compared to manual, because now, there is real-time visibility of exactly what we did,” Arpit Mehta, PharmD, MPH, MHA, CPEL, FASHP, director of pharmacy at Allegheny General Hospital, told Drug Topics. “There is standardization in every step of the way of compounding, so no 2 technicians are making 2 different things in 2 different ways. There are huge benefits; there is a real-time loop that says, ‘Well, there's too much drug in it, or not enough drug in it.’”

At the 2025 American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Midyear Clinical Meeting & Exhibition, Mehta and his colleague, Laura Mark, PharmD, MHM, FASHP, FABC, vice president of pharmacy at Allegheny Health Network, joined Drug Topics to discuss centralized IV compounding and the advanced robotics powering these solutions.

In part 2 of our interview with the duo, Mehta and Mark explored how robotics have ensured accuracy, real-time feedback, standardization, safety improvements, and so much more when it comes to IV compounding. Furthermore, with its ability to give pharmacy employees their time back, as well as instilling confidence in their day-to-day tasks, automation has also shown to be an immensely prominent resource for the workforce behind pharmacy counters.

Learn from health system and pharmacy experts familiar with the changing landscape in both pharmacy and medication compounding.

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