Perri M, Eve E C, Wolfgang A P
Department of Pharmacy Care Administration, College of Pharmacy, University of Georgia, Athens 30605.
Am J Hosp Pharm. 1988 Feb;45(2):333-6.
The impact of computerization on clinical pharmacy services in the South Atlantic region was surveyed. Questionnaires were mailed to 350 hospital pharmacy directors in March 1987. The survey assessed type of computer system, degree of computerization, years computerized, hospital bed capacity, occupancy rate, staffing, presence of a clinical coordinator, and type of clinical services. For analysis of the relationship between clinical services and computerization, only responses indicating an increase in the number of clinical services since 1982 were used. Respondents were asked to rank, in order of importance, factors that they believed enabled clinical services to be increased. The survey response rate was 52.2%, with 179 of 343 usable replies received. The results indicate that there is a link between computerization and clinical services. Computerized pharmacies offered more services on average than did noncomputerized pharmacies. However, the differences in the types of services offered between computerized and noncomputerized pharmacies were not significant. Of the different means of increasing services, pharmacy directors ranked increasing professional staff the most important, followed by increased responsibility of technical staff, computerization, increasing technical staff, hiring a clinical coordinator, and other methods. Pharmacy directors interested in increasing the numbers of clinical services offered at their institutions should consider organizational factors such as departmental structure and number and types of personnel in conjunction with computerization.
对南大西洋地区计算机化对临床药学服务的影响进行了调查。1987年3月，向350名医院药房主任邮寄了调查问卷。该调查评估了计算机系统类型、计算机化程度、计算机化年限、医院病床数量、占用率、人员配备、临床协调员的配备情况以及临床服务类型。为了分析临床服务与计算机化之间的关系，仅使用了表明自1982年以来临床服务数量有所增加的回复。要求受访者按照重要性顺序对他们认为能够增加临床服务的因素进行排名。调查回复率为52.2%，共收到343份可用回复中的179份。结果表明，计算机化与临床服务之间存在联系。计算机化药房平均提供的服务比非计算机化药房更多。然而，计算机化药房和非计算机化药房提供的服务类型差异并不显著。在增加服务的不同方式中，药房主任将增加专业人员排在最重要的位置，其次是增加技术人员的职责、计算机化、增加技术人员、聘请临床协调员以及其他方法。有意增加其机构临床服务数量的药房主任应结合计算机化考虑组织因素，如部门结构以及人员数量和类型。
