Construction Consideration of Informational Pharmaceutical Care System for Clinical Pharmacists

OBJECTIVE: To construct informational pharmaceutical care system(IPCS) for clinical pharmacists and to improve the level of pharmaceutical care.METHODS: By means of the latest ideas on pharmaceutical care and the support of local area network technology of Hospital Information System,the construction and running of IPCS for clinical pharmacists were illustrated using clinical cases.RESULTS: Based on the establishment of pharmaceutical record database,we could realize the integration of IPCS which included the automatic monitoring of important drugs and bacteria,clinical pharmacist consultation,information collection,information publication,information inquiry,medication counseling,establishment of specialized pharmaceutical staff and online further education,etc.CONCLUSION: The pharmaceutical care based on information platform is a good practice model for clinical pharmacy.It is the only way for clinical pharmacists to carry out further development of pharmaceutical care.