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Title:
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PDSS: PHARMACY DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM CONCEPT APPROACH |
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Author(s):
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Diogo Reis1, Renata Afonso |
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ISBN:
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978-972-8939-49-6 |
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Editors:
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Mário Macedo |
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Year:
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2011 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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Healthcare, information, quality, pharmacy systems, EHR |
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Type:
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Full Paper |
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First Page:
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11 |
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Last Page:
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17 |
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Language:
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English |
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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If used holistically, information technology and management systems in healthcare can increase the effectiveness, safety and quality of patient care. Ideal pharmacy systems should integrate pharmaceutical, clinical and administrative information providing a critical contribution to quality of care and efficiency of health resources utilization. The need to have a versatile and complete pharmacy system is now vastly recognized, but even more so is the role of integrating this system with other clinical systems within hospitals. Such integration means providing a tool which empowers the pharmacist by allowing him/her to write, edit and change critical aspects of care. Most vendors applications, however, lack the capacity to profoundly integrate Electronic Health Record and the respective Computerized Prescription Order Entry suit Pharmacy Systems geared towards dispensing and stock management. This leads to a break in the medication use cycle, increased pharmacists workload and fails to provide a holistic solution to patient safety and efficiency initiatives. Our project, involving mostly pharmacists and IT managers, aims to design and implement a Pharmacy Decision Support and Validation System with an effective bidirectional communication capability. Such communication entails not only with Pharmacy Automation Systems but also Electronic Health Record (with Computerized Prescription Order Entry) systems. This Pharmacy Decision Support and Validation System will be an important tool to increase the effectiveness, safety and quality of patient care. Additionally, such enterprise wide system provides new tools for an old but increasingly relevant profession. |
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