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Large parts of PillPack were being mismanaged into the ground, I trust Amazon can fix them but at the same time my first reaction to the news was to text my non-programmer-or-management friends there about when they’re quitting.

If Amazon’s warehouses or Whole Foods are any indication of how they’ll approach the unavoidable human work involved at a pharmacy, I have serious doubts about the quality of service. And pill pack is already in a pretty sorry state.



What do you think were mismanaged? I've used PillPack for years and I've been very happy.


What unavoidable human work at pharmacy? Authenticate patients and ship them prescriptions. Even CVS is doing it now.


You know a pharmacy does more to fill a prescription than just count out pills on a slip of paper, right?

How many pharmacists and pharm techs can be automated away by amazon that pillpack hasn’t already? And this is just a rhetorical question, neither of us are really qualified to address all the tasks to be done, nor current automation levels.


GP is likely referring to the requirement for humans to count and verify the packs of pills. FDA rules don't allow all of that to be automated away.




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