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Hosp Pharm. 1995 Feb;30(2):120, 123-6, 129-30.
A pharmacy intervention program: recognizing pharmacy's contribution to improving patient care.
Chin JM, Muller RJ, Lucarelli CD.
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021.
An on-line pharmacy intervention program developed to document and evaluate pharmacist's contribution to patient care is described. Over a 1-year period, the number and types of interventions and their impact on patient care were collated and reviewed by a clinical coordinator. Two thousand four hundred ninety-nine interventions were recorded. The most common types of interventions were order clarification/change (18%), pharmacokinetic consult (16%), chart review (13%), restricted drug follow-up (8%), discharge medication screen (7%), initiate drug therapy (6%), drug information (5%), discontinued drug (4%), and therapeutic alternative (4%). There were 3459 impact codes assigned to these interventions. Forty-one percent decreased toxicity, 35% increased efficacy, 17% decreased cost, 16% avoided allergy or drug interaction, 8% improved compliance, and 22% were classified as other. Our analysis found that pharmacy interventions elevated the standard of care and prevented major organ damage and potentially life-threatening events. This program shows that pharmacists play a significant role in improving patient outcomes.
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Health News. 1999 Mar 25;5(4):2.
Online pharmacies.
Atkinson H.
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Mil Med. 1999 Jul;164(7):481-4.
Advances in Navy pharmacy information technology: accessing Micromedex via the Composite Healthcare Computer System and local area networks.
Koerner SD, Becker F.
Pharmacy Department, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD 20880, USA.
The pharmacy profession has long used technology to more effectively bring health care to the patient. Navy pharmacy has embraced technology advances in its daily operations, from computers to dispensing robots. Evolving from the traditional role of compounding and dispensing specialists, pharmacists are establishing themselves as vital team members in direct patient care: on the ward, in ambulatory clinics, in specialty clinics, and in other specialty patient care programs (e.g., smoking cessation). An important part of the evolution is the timely access to the most up-to-date information available. Micromedex, Inc. (Denver, Colorado), has developed a number of computer CD-ROM-based full-text pharmacy, toxicology, emergency medicine, and patient education products. Micromedex is a recognized leader with regard to total pharmaceutical information availability. This article discusses the implementation of Micromedex products within the established Composite Healthcare Computer System and the subsequent use by and effect on the international Navy pharmacy community.
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