title: Pharmacy informatics in controlled substances research.
abstract: Pharmacies have become essential components in support of clinical research. Their operations become highly complex when preponderance of prescriptions is composed of controlled substances. Application of informatics will result in more efficient operations. We present the Pharmacy Information Management System (PIMS) that includes a set of decision support systems to address the pharmacy challenges and is integrated into our electronic health record system.
authors.affiliation: DHHS, NIH, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Intramural Research Program, Baltimore, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Jia-Ling
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Massoud
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vahabzadeh
authors.forename: Mustapha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mezghanni
authors.forename: Paul J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Na
authors.forename: Michelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Leff
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Contoreggi
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000379:methods*; D016303:Clinical Pharmacy Information Systems; D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004346:Drug Information Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008498:Medical Record Linkage / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States