title: An evaluation of adherence to society of pharmacists' standards care in pharmacy information systems in Iran.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Pharmacy information system (PIS) is a complex computerized system used for collecting, storing, and managing the medication therapy data in the course of patients' care. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the level of adherence to the standards established by the societies of pharmacists in the PISs employed in the hospitals in Isfahan, Iran.
  
  
  METHODS
  The present study was an applied, descriptive-analytical study conducted on the PISs of 19 teaching, private and social insurance hospitals in Isfahan in 2011. Study population consisted of the PISs available in the hospitals under study. Study sample was the same as the study population. The data collection instrument was a self-developed checklist based on the guidelines of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists and Pharmaceutical Society of Australia, whose validity was assessed and confirmed by expert professors' views. Having been collected by observation and interview methods, data were analyzed by SPSS 18 software using Mann-Whitney statistical test.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The findings of the study revealed that the highest rank in adherence to the standards of societies of pharmacists was obtained by social services hospitals (32.75%), while the private hospitals obtained the lowest rank (23.32%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Based on the findings, in the PISs in the hospitals under study, some standards of the society of pharmacists were ignored. Hence, prior to designing and implementing PIS, a needs analysis is required to increase its users' motivation to identify the system potentialities and to allow the system development in compliance with the world technology advancement.
authors: Health Management and Economic Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
authors: Sakineh
authors: S
authors: Saghaeiannejad-Isfahani
authors: Zabol Medicinal Plants Research Center, Zabol University of Medical Sciences, Zabol, Iran ; Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Zabol University of Medical Sciences, Zabol, Iran.
authors: Javad
authors: J
authors: Sharifi-Rad
authors: Department of Health Information Technology, Faculty of Health Management and Information Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Shahrekord, Iran.
authors: Ahmadreza
authors: A
authors: Raeisi
authors: Department of Health Information Technology, Faculty of Health Management and Information Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Shahrekord, Iran.
authors: Asghar
authors: A
authors: Ehteshami
authors: Deputy of Research and Technology Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran.
authors: Razieh
authors: R
authors: Mirzaeian
mesh_terms: D016303:Clinical Pharmacy Information Systems / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007492:Iran; D010595:Pharmacists / Q000592:standards; D010607:Pharmacy Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D024382:Professional Role; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012957:Societies, Pharmaceutical
keywords: Evaluation; pharmacy; pharmacy information services; system