title: [Hospital Pharmacy Departments on the internet. An unfinished business?].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To establish the percentage of Pharmacy Departments with a web site on the Net, and to analyze whether their contents are focused on the development of pharmaceutical care activities for outpatients.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional study based on multiple Internet searches using the Copernic version 6.0 software, as well as on directories listing hospital- and pharmacy department-owned web sites.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Amongst 452 hospitals with 100 or more beds, 198 (43.8%) hospital web pages and 52 (11.52%) pharmacy department web sites were found. The contents of pharmacy department sites were usually deficient, and only rarely was interaction with outpatients envisaged.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The presence of pharmacy departments on the Internet is scarce. Telepharmacy or pharmaceutical care for outpatients using novel information technologies remains underdeveloped by Spanish pharmacy departments.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Farmacia, Complejo Hospitalario y Universitario de Albacete, Albacete. antoniosanz4@hotmail.com
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sanz Arrufat
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Clemente Andújar
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Martínez Tormo
mesh_terms: D000553:Ambulatory Care; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D015285:Hospital-Patient Relations; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010045:Outpatients; D010607:Pharmacy Service, Hospital / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011786:Quality Control; D012984:Software; D013030:Spain
vernacular_title: Servicios de Farmacia hospitalaria en internet. Una asignatura pendiente?