[Patient medication record in pharmacy: development of specialized information system and possibilities of its application in Lithuanian community pharmacies].
OBJECTIVE
To examine whether the managers of Lithuanian community pharmacies need a special information system for the creation of patients' medication record in the pharmacy. To design the system and to analyze the possibilities of its application. RESEARCH MATERIALS AND METHODS: In order to determine the need for a specialized information system a questionnaire-based survey of pharmacies managers was used. During the development of information system the detailed requirements analysis was performed and basing on this analysis the architecture of the system and its user interface were designed. System was built using "Microsoft Access 2000" and "Visual Basic 6" development tools.


RESULTS
Survey revealed that managers of community pharmacies require an information system for the creation of patients' medication record in the pharmacy. The design of the system was prepared and the initial version was built. Examinations of the developed system showed that it could be used to form the patient information database, which would improve the quality of service.


CONCLUSIONS
The developed information system or its analogue should be used in community pharmacies because absence of the patients medical records database makes it impossible to implement the recommendations of good pharmacy practice.
Skyrius
Vaidas
V
Department of Drug Technology and Pharmaceutical Management, Kaunas University of Medicine, Kaunas, Lithuania. vskyrius@takas.lt
Kapocius
Kestutis
K
Radziūnas
Raimondas
R
D003157:Community Pharmacy Services; D004346:Drug Information Services; D006801:Humans; D008097:Lithuania; D008499:Medical Records; D010594:Pharmacies / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires