title: Drug information services: how health care professionals use the information provided.
abstract: This study has shown that the Drug Information Service is providing useful information to health professionals and that the information is being applied to patient-specific problems. More research, however, is needed to more concretely document patient outcomes in terms of the length of hospitalization, the number of laboratory tests ordered and the total number and expense of the drugs received.
mesh_terms: D003258:Consumer Behavior; D004346:Drug Information Services / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D009726:Nurses; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010595:Pharmacists; D010820:Physicians; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires