title: [Pilot study of the practical use of Internet in medical services: the questionnaire for pharmacists in Japan].
abstract: We performed a questionnaire survey to 260 pharmacists as a pilot study, in order to know the actual application of IN to medical services in Japan. The response rate of our questionnaire was 40% (105 persons), and 91% of the answers were from pharmacists who works in hospitals, community pharmacies, or clinics. According to the results, 90 of the 105 pharmacists had had some experience of using IN, and 68% of whom (58% of respondents) use IN daily as a means of problem solution on their works. IN was probably used as a relatively reliable information source something like text-books in such cases as acquiring the medical information for patients or other medical staffs. In addition, IN may have been esteemed its facilities and the informational usefulness and reliability. However, since this survey is just a pilot trial, the result dose not necessarily reflect a general situation around IT use. Consequently, this study result could be need by still further research.
authors.affiliation: Department of Drug Information and Communication, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University, 1-33 Yayoicho, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8522, Japan.
authors.forename: Tomoko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Terajima
authors.forename: Eri
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Machida
authors.forename: Shin-ichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamagata
authors.forename: Nobunori
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Satoh
authors.forename: Mayumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mochizuki
authors.forename: Shiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ueda
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016303:Clinical Pharmacy Information Systems / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010593:Pharmaceutical Services; D010595:Pharmacists; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires