title: Nutrition-drug interactions: a Web-based approach to pharmaceutical care in Greece.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate Greek pharmacists' willingness to use a new Web-based software program to detect drug-food interactions, to assess the experience of those pharmacists opting to use the program, and to estimate the public benefit associated with use of the program.
  The Nutrition-Drug Interaction program was developed to enable Greek pharmacists to access an online database of medication-related information, including detailed drug and pharmaceutical company listings, nutritional guidelines for patients, potential drug-food and drug-drug interactions, and reaction alerts. More than 50% of the community pharmacists agreeing to use the program found it "quite useful" or "very useful," with more than 62% saying they were "very satisfied" or "quite satisfied" with the quality of information provided through the program.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A significant proportion of Greek pharmacists, especially those 50 years of age or younger, found a new Web-based drug-food interaction software program to be both informative and useful. Participating pharmacists reported that use of the new program enhanced their role as health consultants and helped improve the quality of the patient services they provide.
authors: Maria
authors: M
authors: Skouroliakou
authors: Maria-Nikoleta
authors: MN
authors: Thanopoulos
authors: Giorgos
authors: G
authors: Maravelias
authors: Panos
authors: P
authors: Papandreou
authors: Dimitrios
authors: D
authors: Ntountaniotis
authors: Efi
authors: E
authors: Daskalou
authors: Thomai
authors: T
authors: Karagiozoglou-Lampoudi
mesh_terms: D003157:Community Pharmacy Services; D016208:Databases, Factual; D018565:Food-Drug Interactions; D006115:Greece; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D010593:Pharmaceutical Services; D010595:Pharmacists; D012984:Software