Golightly L K, Davis A G, Budwitz W J, Gelman C J, Rathmann K L, Sutherland E W, Rumack B H
Rocky Mountain Drug Consultation Center, Denver General Hospital, CO 80204-4507.
Am J Hosp Pharm. 1988 Feb;45(2):356-61.
The methods of data collection, storage, and retrieval used by the Rocky Mountain Drug Consultation Center (RMDCC) are described. To substantiate that drug information services provided by RMDCC are clinically useful and have a beneficial effect on therapy, data on medication-related problems and case outcomes, as well as demographic data, are stored in an IBM PC-XT using a system that allows searching and linkage of any number of recorded categories. Data were compiled on 28,081 inquiries from health-care professionals and consumers during 1985 and 1986. Analysis revealed that (1) medication-related problems are common (involving 34% of consumer inquiries), especially among the elderly; (2) a positive effect on therapy was made in the majority (76%) of problem cases; and (3) consumers were given drug information by their physician or pharmacist in fewer than half of the cases in which medications were prescribed and dispensed. A computer-based system to assist in analyzing information can be an important asset in documenting the activity and effectiveness of a regional drug information center.
描述了落基山药物咨询中心（RMDCC）所使用的数据收集、存储和检索方法。为了证实RMDCC提供的药物信息服务在临床上是有用的，并且对治疗有有益的影响，与药物相关问题和病例结果的数据，以及人口统计学数据，使用一个允许对任何数量的记录类别进行搜索和关联的系统存储在一台IBM PC-XT计算机中。1985年和1986年期间收集了来自医疗保健专业人员和消费者的28,081条咨询数据。分析表明：（1）与药物相关的问题很常见（涉及34%的消费者咨询），尤其是在老年人中；（2）大多数（76%）问题病例对治疗产生了积极影响；（3）在开出和分发药物的病例中，不到一半的病例中消费者从他们的医生或药剂师那里获得了药物信息。一个基于计算机的协助分析信息的系统，在记录区域药物信息中心的活动和有效性方面可能是一项重要资产。
