Managing prescriptions for medication, using ICT support, started in the 1970s with the computerization of the pharmacy branch offices where local systems registered handwritten prescriptions and to print labels. In 1984, the first online prescribing started with physicians connected to their local pharmacy system in a pilot test. Then in 1987, the first pilot test started with an off-line syst...

1 Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy, Umm Al-Qura University, Saudi Arabia. 2 Faculty of Pharmacy, Ajman University of Science and Technology, United Arab Emirates. 3 Department of Pharmacy, Pharmacology and Postgraduate Medicine, University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom. 4 Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice, College of Clinical Phar...

Department of Endocrinology, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest Department of Patophysiology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova Department of Biochemistry Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest Department of Surgery, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy,Bucharest Department of Endocrinology, Carol Davila University of Medici...

INTRODUCTION Think aloud protocol has rarely been used as a method of data collection in community pharmacies. PURPOSE The aim of the report is to describe how think aloud protocols were used to identify issues that arise when using e-prescribing technology in pharmacies. In this paper, we report on the benefits and challenges of using think aloud protocols in pharmacies to examine the use of...

Unlike sub-optimal prescribing, rational prescribing, coupled with certain indicators, is associated with improved safety in drug use in terms of selecting appropriate drug for prescribing, better quality of life for patients and cost-effective care. Medication prescribing is a relatively unexplored area of research in Saudi Arabia and until now most studies have been in the secondary and terti...

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PURPOSE Data regarding the recommended maximum duration that refrigerated medications available in hospital pharmacies may be stored safely at room temperature were collected and compiled in a tabular format. METHODS During May and June of 2006, the prescribing information for medications labeled for refrigeration as obtained from the supplier were reviewed for data addressing room-temperatur...

Major national policy forces are promoting the adoption and use of health information technology (health IT) to improve the quality, safety, and efficiency of health care delivery. One such health IT is electronic prescribing (e-prescribing), which is the direct transmission of prescription information from a provider to a pharmacy. Given research showing that handwritten prescriptions are unsa...