The aim of this study was to provide a clinical pharmacy education program at Masih Daneshvari hospital, a University affiliated hospital, located in Tehran, Iran. For this purpose, the most common pharmacist involved interventions and aspects of potential fields for pharmacy students and residents education was firstly identified. Clinical pharmacy interventions and drug information forms wer...

BACKGROUND The provision of residential aged care is underpinned by information, and is reliant upon systems that adequately capture and effectively utilise and communicate this information. The aim of this study was to explicate and quantify the volume and method by which information is collected, exchanged within facilities and with external providers, and retrieved from facility information ...

Background and Aim: Cardiovascular diseases and medication errors are among the leading causes of morbidity and mortality around the world. Electronic prescribing and Medication Administration(ePMA) systems can prevent medication errors to some extent. This study aimed to determine the information requirements of ePMA systems. Materials and Methods: This descriptive study was conducted in Imam...

Information technology (IT) is widely acknowledged to be a critical component of improving healthcare in Canada. Across the country a great deal of work has already been accomplished in this area, and Canadians have repeatedly proven themselves to be global leaders in the health IT field: from pioneering initiatives, such as the Ontario Telemedicine Network and Prince Edward Island’s Drug Infor...

OBJECTIVE Pharmacy clinical decision-support (CDS) software that contains drug-drug interaction (DDI) information may augment pharmacists' ability to detect clinically significant interactions. However, studies indicate these systems may miss some important interactions. The purpose of this study was to assess the performance of pharmacy CDS programs to detect clinically important DDIs. DESIG...

Pharmaceutical performance is a critical factor in the hospital operation. Hospital pharmacyactivities require retrieving, processing, comparing, and updating the information. Dashboards arenew tools that can track key performance indicators by displaying information to managers in orderto improve the performance of the hospital pharmacy. We conducted this study to determine t...

Pharmaceutical performance is a critical factor in the hospital operation. Hospital pharmacyactivities require retrieving, processing, comparing, and updating the information. Dashboards arenew tools that can track key performance indicators by displaying information to managers in orderto improve the performance of the hospital pharmacy. We conducted this study to determine t...

RATIONALE, AIMS AND OBJECTIVES In Nigeria, a shift from the traditional pharmacists' role of dispensing and compounding of medications began in the 1980s with the introduction of drug information services and unit dose-dispensing systems in some hospitals. More than three decades after this, clinical pharmacy practice is still underdeveloped. This study was conducted to explore stakeholders' vi...