[Hospital Pharmacy Departments on the internet. An unfinished business?].
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.
Sanz Arrufat
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Servicio de Farmacia, Complejo Hospitalario y Universitario de Albacete, Albacete. antoniosanz4@hotmail.com
Clemente Andújar
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Martínez Tormo
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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
Servicios de Farmacia hospitalaria en internet. Una asignatura pendiente?