title: [Development and evaluation of a local area network system to make drug information paper for inpatient--adaptation to characteristics of diseases, and expansibility to other hospitals and the Internet].
abstract: We developed and evaluated a local area network system to make drug information papers. Because pharmacists should explain drug information both orally and using papers to patients in response to their understanding and characteristics of their diseases. The merit of this system is as follows: pharmacists can use it without any education for its operation; most data can be inputted by selection from the lists and automatic reference; the data are adjustable for individuals; different contents are available for different wards; multiple users can access the same data file. Input data in this system are available for making explanation papers on the medical examination of outpatients, and making a plan for pharmaceutical care and guidance services. This system is also available in other hospitals, and on the internet. First, we surveyed the time required for preparing drug information papers. Making a hand written paper for typical patient takes 395 sec. for manuscript, 160 sec. with the system using text data only, and 178 sec. with the system using text and picture data. Next, we surveyed 27 patients' views on the addition of drug pictures to drug information papers, and with the result that 19 patients thought it very good. Last, we surveyed 13 ward pharmacists about their usage of this system. We found that 8 pharmacists used frequently this system, and 3 pharmacists used the same file in the same hours at the maximum.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacy, University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa Medical University, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Higuchi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kubo
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tsuji
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mukai
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsukamoto
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Morita
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004346:Drug Information Services; D005260:Female; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients; D020407:Internet; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires