Design and operation practice of up-front prescription review/intervention system for outpatients in our hospital / 中国药学杂志

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE: To present the design scheme of up-front outpatient prescription review system based on C/S (Client/Server) & B/S (Browser/Server) mixed-architecture in our hospital. METHODS: The core-technology and implementation procedure of up-front outpatient prescription review system were elaborated at length from the aspects of overall design, system developing environment,system function modules,realization of individualized review indexes, etc. At the same time, interrupted time series(ITS) analysis was used to analyze the changes in qualification rate of outpatient prescriptions. RESULTS: The implementation of up-front outpatient prescription review system reduced the rate of unqualified prescriptions effectively. During the implementation period, a total of 501 986 prescriptions were examined, and 31 161 prescriptions were successfully intervened. The qualification rate of prescription increased significantly. CONCLUSION: Up-front prescription review/intervention system is successfully developed in our hospital and is deserved to be generalized to promote rational use of drugs.