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National benchmark data on prescribing and transcribing practices across Saudi Ministry of Health (MOH) hospitals are limited. Objective: To benchmark formulary management, pharmacist authority, computerized prescriber order entry (CPOE) and electronic health record (EHR) integration, clinical decision support, pharmacogenomics, opioid stewardship, intravenous (IV) workflow technology, multi-hospital centralization, and residency-trained workforce across MOH hospitals.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>National cross-sectional online survey of pharmacy directors at all 290 general and medical\/surgical MOH hospitals, conducted October 2024\u2013February 2025 using a questionnaire adapted from the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) National Survey of Pharmacy Practice in Hospital Settings, with six contact attempts. Descriptive statistics were analyzed in IBM SPSS Statistics v.26.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Fifty-nine hospitals responded (response rate 20.3%). Evidence-based guidelines informed formulary decisions in 83.1% and a closed or limited formulary was in place in 66.1%. CPOE\/EHR was operational in 79.7%, but only 27.1% of hospitals authorized pharmacists to modify or initiate medication orders, 20.3% to order serum drug concentrations and laboratory tests, and 50.8% to document recommendations in the medical record. Pharmacogenomic testing was absent in 79.7% of hospitals. Active opioid stewardship programs existed in 6.8%. IV workflow management software was used in 15.3%. PGY1\/PGY2-trained pharmacists numbered 0\u201310 in over 93% of hospitals.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Saudi MOH hospitals demonstrate strong formulary governance and growing digital uptake, but pharmacist clinical authority, decision-support depth, pharmacogenomics, opioid stewardship, and advanced workforce capacity remain limited. Targeted policy, EHR optimization, and expanded pharmacist scope of practice are required to align hospital pharmacy with Saudi Vision 2030 patient-safety and digital-health objectives.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1177\/00469580261494723","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,9]],"date-time":"2026-10-09T21:26:02Z","timestamp":1791581162000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Prescribing and Transcribing Practices in Ministry of Health Hospitals: Findings From a National Cross-Sectional Survey, 2025"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"63","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6210-3628","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ahmed E.","family":"Altyar","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"King Abdulaziz University"},{"name":"Batterjee Medical College"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Nehmat M. 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