The Endless Opportunities ChatGPT Creates for Pharmacists
Don Roosan, PharmD, PhD, discussed the artificial intelligence of ChatGPT and how it is currently being used in clinical pharmacy practices.
With the recent rise of artificial intelligence (AI), not only in the pharmacy but all across society, major players within the AI space have designed technology possible for any human being to adapt. One of the most notable examples is ChatGPT, an AI language model capable of answering straightforward questions with detailed answers.
“ChatGPT is an AI language model capable of responding in straightforward language to medication-related questions,” wrote authors of a study published in the Journal of the American Pharmacists Association (JAPhA). “ChatGPT may assist clinicians in analyzing clinical cases and become a potential tool for supporting pharmacists in providing medication therapy management (MTM) and other health services.”
Drug Topics recently caught up with one of the authors from the article, Don Roosan, PharmD, PhD, to discuss the article in further depth and how he’s seeing ChatGPT be used to assists pharmacists’ daily tasks.
“There’s a lot of places in pharmacy it’s being used, for example, for medication therapy management, for understanding drug-drug interactions,” he said. “Pretty much, what a clinical pharmacist can do for the patients, pretty much can be done using large language models such as ChatGPT.”
Roosan is also the author of “humAIn,” which details the rise of AI and common misconceptions surrounding the new technology. He sat down to discuss ChatGPT’s role in MTM and how the knowledge of best utilizing this technology is key.
Stay tuned for more from our conversation with Roosan as he dives further into ChatGPT in clinical pharmacy practices and how it may serve even more individuals in the future.
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