Value of pharmacy-related bulletin board services as a drug information resource.
OBJECTIVE
To orient pharmacists to bulletin board services (BBSs) as a source of drug information, and to provide information concerning equipment, services, and resources, as well as examples of systems that are used frequently.


CONCLUSIONS
Pharmacy-related BBSs allow pharmacists who have no experience with a new formulation or therapeutic use for a medication to obtain information from those who have such experience.


CONCLUSIONS
As computers become increasingly common in both hospital and community pharmacies and because many BBSs provide free access to newsletters and databases for drug information, pharmacy-related BBSs represent an easy, inexpensive method to share ideas and obtain information on medication use.
Drug Information Center, University of Kentucky Hospital Medical Center, Lexington 40536, USA.
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D003195:Computer Communication Networks / Q000295:instrumentation*; D016208:Databases, Factual; D004346:Drug Information Services / Q000639:trends*; D009816:Office Automation; D010594:Pharmacies; D010595:Pharmacists; D010607:Pharmacy Service, Hospital; D014481:United States; D014584:User-Computer Interface