title: Evaluation of pharmacy information system in teaching, private and social services Hospitals in 2011.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Supporting a therapeutic approach and medication therapy management, the pharmacy information system (PIS) acts as one of the pillars of hospital information system. This ensures that medication therapy is being supported with an optimal level of safety and quality similar to other treatments and services.
  
  
  METHODS
  The present study is an applied, cross-sectional study conducted on the PIS in use in selected hospitals. The research population included all users of PIS. The research sample is the same as the research population. The data collection instrument was the self-designed checklist developed from the guidelines of the American Society of Health System Pharmacists, Australia pharmaceutical Society and Therapeutic guidelines of the Drug Commission of the German Medical Association. The checklist validity was assessed by research supervisors and PIS users and pharmacists.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The findings of this study were revealed that regarding the degree of meeting the standards given in the guidelines issued by the Society of Pharmacists, the highest rank in observing input standards belonged to Social Services hospitals with a mean score of 32.75. Although teaching hospitals gained the highest score both in process standards with a mean score of 29.15 and output standards with a mean score of 43.95, the private hospitals had the lowest mean score of 23.32, 17.78, 24.25 in input, process and output standards, respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Based on the findings, it can be claimed that the studied hospitals had a minimal compliance with the input, output and processing standards related to the PIS.
authors.affiliation: Health Management and Economics Research Centre, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
authors.forename: Sakineh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saghaeiannejad-Isfahani
authors.affiliation: Deputy of Research and Technology, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran.
authors.forename: Razieh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mirzaeian
authors.affiliation: Department in Noor and Ali Asqar Hospitals, Isfahan, Iran.
authors.forename: Hasan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jannesari
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Information Technology, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
authors.forename: Asghar
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ehteshami
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
authors.forename: Awat
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Feizi
authors.affiliation: Health Management and Economics Research Centre, Department of Health Information Technology, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
authors.forename: Ahmadreza
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Raeisi
keywords: Clinical pharmacy information system; evaluation; information system; pharmacy