A pharmacy chain in Vermont implemented AI for efficiency

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Post by omerhj » Thu, Jul 30, 2026, 1:35 AM UTC

A pharmacy chain in Vermont implemented AI for efficiency
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Post by gtowey » Thu, Jul 30, 2026, 2:06 AM UTC

> “I’ve got four bottles of something that I take twice a week sitting here,” Callaghan said.

Profits are up! A smashing success!

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Post by matteoraso » Thu, Jul 30, 2026, 2:09 AM UTC

>A pharmacy chain in Vermont implemented AI for efficiency. It’s led to delays, incorrect information and privacy concerns.

You should post the entire title.

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Post by sghiassy » Thu, Jul 30, 2026, 2:13 AM UTC

Honest question, why aren’t pills dispensed by machines?

I get that a pharmacist should review the prescription. And let’s say you even want employee-customer interaction; which is great.

But dispensing X pills from one bottle to another bottle is a solved problem right?

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Post by dqv » Thu, Jul 30, 2026, 2:16 AM UTC

matteoraso wrote: post #3

>A pharmacy chain in Vermont implemented AI for efficiency. It’s led to delays, incorrect information and privacy concerns. You should post the entire title.

Unable to titlemax due to HN maxtitle rules.

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Post by estearum » Thu, Jul 30, 2026, 2:19 AM UTC

sghiassy wrote: post #5

Honest question, why aren’t pills dispensed by machines? I get that a pharmacist should review the prescription. And let’s say you even want employee-customer interaction; which is great. But dispensing X pills from one bottle to another bottle is a solved problem right?

Machines cost a ton of money and need to be maintained?

As those two variables change, I'm sure they will replace the dispensing function for pharmacists. In fact this already does happen at a lot of pharmacies these days. Machines put the pills in bottles, then a pharmacist hands the bottle to you.

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Post by calvinmorrison » Thu, Jul 30, 2026, 2:20 AM UTC

sghiassy wrote: post #5

Honest question, why aren’t pills dispensed by machines? I get that a pharmacist should review the prescription. And let’s say you even want employee-customer interaction; which is great. But dispensing X pills from one bottle to another bottle is a solved problem right?

There are pill counter machines! it's a solved problem for sure.

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Post by a2tech » Thu, Jul 30, 2026, 2:20 AM UTC

sghiassy wrote: post #5

Honest question, why aren’t pills dispensed by machines? I get that a pharmacist should review the prescription. And let’s say you even want employee-customer interaction; which is great. But dispensing X pills from one bottle to another bottle is a solved problem right?

They are in large setups. Including mail order and bulk dispensing places (like Walmart pharmacy—most pills are dispensed at central locations and delivered to the store prepackaged).

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Post by firasd » Thu, Jul 30, 2026, 2:20 AM UTC

A paradoxical situation here is that they are probably not using the frontier models because compliance and other stamps of approval but this packaged approved AI is making silly mistakes in reading forms