Increasing use of electronic health records requires comprehensive patient-centered views of clinical data. We describe a prototype knowledge base and SMART app that facilitates organization of patient medications by clinical problems, comprising a preliminary step in building such patient-centered views. The knowledge base includes 7,164,444 distinct problem-medication links, generated from Rx...

Background &Objectives:Patientsafety is a global medical concern with remarkable influence onthe health of patients. Studies have suggested thattreatment-related damages occur in approximately 10% of patients at variable degrees, and more than a quarter of these damages are associated with medication errors. Medication errors could be diminished during patient hospitalization and transferusing ...

We present a patient-oriented computer-based medical system which proposes advices on mild clinical signs treatment and medication. Therefore, this system can be considered a self-medication assistant tool. In a nutshell, this web application validates drug consumptions of a given patient, based on patient information stored in an electronic health care record, with a drug and symptom knowledge...

Nowadays, with the development of information media, people can easily obtain through Internet, TV, and social media. However, media are often full exaggerated false advertisements for medicines healthy food, which induce to spend money on products. It may have adverse effects public health. The purpose this study is understand current situation general public's self-medication, medication know...

the research was a descriptive study to assess knowledge, attitude and practice (kap) of nurses regarding care of elderly patients.   a total of 180 nurses working in medical, surgical and neurology units participated in this study. the tool was a 2 part questionnaire that the first part included demographic characteristics of the subjects like age, sex, marriage, education, past experience in ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Patient knowledge of lung function (ie, forced expiratory volume in 1 s [FEV1]% predicted) and the intended benefits of their prescribed pulmonary medications might play an important role in medication adherence, but this relationship has not been examined previously in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). METHODS All patients diagnosed with CF and without prior lung ...

BACKGROUND Accurate and complete medication histories are not always obtained in clinical practice. OBJECTIVE This qualitative research study was undertaken to explore the barriers to and facilitators of obtaining accurate medication histories. METHODS Individual interviews, based on a structured interview guide, were conducted with 25 patients from both inpatient and ambulatory care clinic...

Asthma is a chronic disease with both inflammatory and bronchoconstrictive elements and often requires multiple medications. Most asthma regimens include medications with different therapeutic modes of action and a number of different medication delivery devices. To effectively participate in their asthma management, patients need to recognize each of their medication types, understand their pu...

Background: Self-efficacy of medication use and pharmaceutical knowledge are important factors for medical treatment completion. Aim: This study aimed to determine the effect of self-administration of medication program on pharmaceutical knowledge and satisfaction of patients with cardiovascular diseases. Methods: This randomized cl...