PubMed · 321769
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R J Taylor. 1977. General-practitioner prescribing.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/321769/
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We placed a "drug information card" on each medication shelf to assist dispensing by pharmacists, education of students, and risk management of pharmaceutical practices at the Department of Pharmacy, University of Tokyo Hospital. To provide appropriate information items on the drug information cards, we conducted questionnaire survey of 41 pharmacists on the utility of the cards and reviewed questions received from medical staff in the drug information section in our hospital. Based on the results of these investigations, "usage and dosage," "interactions," "contraindications," "product name," and "effects" were printed as basic information items on the drug information cards. Furthermore, information on pharmacokinetics was added. To make maintenance easier, we classified drug information items into "renew often" and "not so often." A good response on the use of the drug information cards was received for dispensing support from 38 pharmacists (92.7%), 14 trainees (100%), and 16 students (94.1%) in the questionnaire investigation. The drug information cards make it possible to obtain precise information rapidly in pharmacies.
Modern health care is supported by many health care professionals. Hospital pharmacists are required to accept increasing responsibilities for appropriate medication use, moving into more important roles within the health care system. Accurate drug information is indispensable for appropriate medication use, however, drug information is not always sufficiently utilized by physicians, and thus it is suggested that there is a need for providing individualized drug information (one to one advice to physicians). Hospital pharmacists must have access to patient-specific health care information and must monitor drug therapy directly in order to provide individualized drug information. Hospital pharmacists, with proper access to patient-specific health care information, can promote safer prescribing practices by advising both patients and physicians, and so can reduce patients' risk for medication-related problems and improve the quality of their health care. Optimal drug therapy is the goal for every patient. Together, using their respective knowledge bases, pharmacists and physicians could provide optimal drug therapy, benefiting both patients and the health care system.