OBJECTIVE： To improve the drug storehouse management model， and provide reference for hospital management reform. METHODS： Management operation of external drug storehouse management model in our hospital in 3 months was introduced from aspects of number of personnel， delivery timeliness as well as accuracy rate of entering and going-out storage， etc. Effective and feasible solutions for developing external drug storehouse management and guaranteeing clinical drug supply were summarized. RESULTS： Through ensuring drug category， management level of external drug storehouse， job responsibility of related staff in hospital and pharmaceutical business companies， information platform and distribution management， external drug storehouse work in our hospital was basically completed. Compared with before， it had effectively reduced the investment of human and material resources， management staff was decreased from 4 persons to 3 persons； and purchased drugs could be completely delivered within the specified time. CONCLUSIONS： Under the circumstances of hospital management facing constant reform， the management model of external drug storehouse can be considered to reduce management cost of hospital and expand the scale of company.