Pharmacy technicians and computer technology to support clinical pharmacy services.
Am J Hosp Pharm
; 50(5): 929-34, 1993 May.
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ABSTRACT
Use of pharmacy technicians, computer-assisted patient-selection algorithms, and bar-code technology to increase efficiency of clinical pharmacy staff is described. Workload assessment showed that clinical pharmacists at Henry Ford Hospital (Detroit) were spending two thirds of their time with data collection, patient selection, and documentation and only one third of their time intervening to improve drug therapy. To increase pharmacist efficiency, two technicians were hired to perform the clerical functions associated with clinical pharmacy services. Also, a bar-code data-collection system was implemented to help pharmacists document their clinical activity. Computerized algorithms helped pharmacists target patients whose therapy should be most carefully reviewed. Reports generated by the system summarized workload distribution and provided information about the types of problems identified and corrected. After these changes were implemented, the fraction of time that pharmacists spent intervening to improve drug therapy increased to one half. Use of technicians to perform clerical tasks, computerized algorithms to help identify patients in need of pharmacist assistance, and bar-code technology to facilitate data collection has helped clinical pharmacists improve their time management.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Técnicos em Farmácia
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Serviço de Farmácia Hospitalar
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Sistemas de Informação em Farmácia Clínica
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Am J Hosp Pharm
Ano de publicação:
1993
Tipo de documento:
Article