White Carol L, Hohmeier Kenneth C
University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
J Pharm Technol. 2015 Dec;31(6):247-252. doi: 10.1177/8755122515605517. Epub 2015 Sep 11.
To provide a background on pharmacy informatics and the current role of the pharmacy technician, as well as to review the different technologies that pharmacy technicians utilize in routine practice and identify opportunities for pharmacy technicians to assist pharmacists in the practice of pharmacy informatics. Articles were identified through searches of MEDLINE/PubMed (1946-March 2015) with the following search terms: pharmacy informatics and technician, medical informatics and technician, and technician informaticists. Additionally, informatics resources from the American Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists were used. Articles that discussed the pharmacy technician's and/or other pharmacy staff's role in medical or pharmacy informatics were considered for inclusion. Several roles for the pharmacy technician were identified and reviewed in the literature and subsequently categorized based on the following identified themes: pharmacy technician informaticists, health-system pharmacy technicians, and community pharmacy technicians. As the field of pharmacy informatics continues to grow, pharmacy technicians will continue to play an integral role at various levels of pharmacy practice.
提供药学信息学的背景知识以及药房技术员目前的角色,回顾药房技术员在日常工作中使用的不同技术,并确定药房技术员在药学信息学实践中协助药剂师的机会。通过检索MEDLINE/PubMed(1946年 - 2015年3月),使用以下检索词识别文章:药学信息学与技术员、医学信息学与技术员以及技术员信息学家。此外,还使用了美国卫生系统药师协会的信息学资源。讨论药房技术员和/或其他药房工作人员在医学或药学信息学中的作用的文章被考虑纳入。在文献中确定并回顾了药房技术员的几个角色,随后根据以下确定的主题进行分类:药房技术员信息学家、卫生系统药房技术员和社区药房技术员。随着药学信息学领域的不断发展,药房技术员将继续在各级药学实践中发挥不可或缺的作用。