title: Intelligent MONitoring System for antiviral pharmacotherapy in patients with chronic hepatitis C (SiMON-VC).
abstract: Two out of six strategic axes of pharmaceutical care in our hospital are quality and safety of care, and the incorporation of information technologies. Based on this, an information system was developed in the outpatient setting for pharmaceutical care of patients with chronic hepatitis C, SiMON-VC, which would improve the quality and safety of their pharmacotherapy. The objective of this paper is to describe requirements, structure and features of Si- MON-VC. Requirements demanded were that the information system would enter automatically all critical data from electronic clinical records at each of the visits to the Outpatient Pharmacy Unit, allowing the generation of events and alerts, documenting the pharmaceutical care provided, and allowing the use of data for research purposes. In order to meet these requirements, 5 sections were structured for each patient in SiMON-VC: Main Record, Events, Notes, Monitoring Graphs and Tables, and Follow-up. Each section presents a number of tabs with those coded data needed to monitor patients in the outpatient unit. The system automatically generates alerts for assisted prescription validation, efficacy and safety of using antivirals for the treatment of this disease. It features a completely versatile Indicator Control Panel, where temporary monitoring standards and alerts can be set. It allows the generation of reports, and their export to the electronic clinical record. It also allows data to be exported to the usual operating systems, through Big Data and Business Intelligence. Summing up, we can state that SiMON-VC improves the quality of pharmaceutical care provided in the outpatient pharmacy unit to patients with chronic hepatitis C, increasing the safety of antiviral therapy.
authors.affiliation: Pharmacy Unit.A Coruña Universitary Hospital.. Luis.margusino.framinan@sergas.es.
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Margusino-Framiñán
authors.affiliation: Pharmacy Unit.A Coruña Universitary Hospital.. Luis.margusino.framinan@sergas.es.
authors.forename: Purificación
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cid-Silva
authors.affiliation: Internal Medicine Unit. A Coruña Universitary Hospital.. Luis.margusino.framinan@sergas.es.
authors.forename: Álvaro
authors.initials: Á
authors.lastname: Mena-de-Cea
authors.affiliation: Information Systems Unit. A Coruña Universitary Hospital.. Luis.margusino.framinan@sergas.es.
authors.forename: Ana Isabel
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Sanclaudio-Luhía
authors.affiliation: Information Systems Unit. A Coruña Universitary Hospital.. Luis.margusino.framinan@sergas.es.
authors.forename: José Antonio
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Castro-Castro
authors.affiliation: Information Systems Unit. A Coruña Universitary Hospital.. Luis.margusino.framinan@sergas.es.
authors.forename: Guillermo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vázquez-González
authors.affiliation: Pharmacy Unit.A Coruña Universitary Hospital.. Luis.margusino.framinan@sergas.es.
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Martín-Herranz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016903:Drug Monitoring / Q000295:instrumentation*; D057286:Electronic Health Records; D005260:Female; D019698:Hepatitis C, Chronic / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010607:Pharmacy Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000998:Antiviral Agents