PHARMIS: a national pharmacy workload and productivity reporting system.
PHARMIS represents the first easily usable database for review of pharmacy workload and productivity. While many large institutions have been successful in developing and using their own programs for reviewing this type of information, PHARMIS represents a desirable alternative for those hospitals that lack the ability to develop their own system. While the current version of PHARMIS lacks the flexibility to address separation and categorization of activities within the pharmacy, it represents the current state of the art. As an experience base develops and changes and trends in indicator values become explainable, PHARMIS will become a valuable tool for all hospital pharmacy managers. It is an excellent starting point for the collection and review of management information. When used in tandem with a sound quality assurance program and DRG-based review of resource utilization, PHARMIS will allow the pharmacy manager and his or her institution to review and develop excellent, cost-effective pharmacy services. The imprimatur of ASHP and the potential for a national reporting program should make PHARMIS a part of every pharmacy manager's analysis of department activities.
D004526:Efficiency; D006801:Humans; D008331:Management Information Systems / Q000295:instrumentation*; D010607:Pharmacy Service, Hospital; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce