Harris W L, McAllister J C
Am J Hosp Pharm. 1985 Dec;42(12):2702-8.
Principles in selecting a microcomputer system for use in a home health-care (HHC) service and potential applications for an HHC microcomputer system are described. To ensure that the quality of care provided to patients at home is comparable with that provided to inpatients, HHC services must be well organized, provide adequate channels of communication among staff members, and maintain complete and accurate records of the selection, training, therapy, evaluation, and follow-up of all home-therapy patients. A well-designed microcomputer system can increase the efficiency and accuracy with which those goals are met. Selection of a system should be based on the needs of a particular HHC service; factors that should be considered include whether the system will be compatible with other hospital computer systems and whether the majority of users will be able to operate the program easily. Potential applications for an HHC microcomputer system include printing labels for home-therapy products, calculating prices and providing billing data, maintaining prescription files, generating reports for drug-use review, and monitoring inventory levels. By employing an organized approach to the selection and implementation of a microcomputer system for a home health-care service, hospital pharmacists can make an important contribution to improving HHC service operations.
本文描述了为家庭医疗保健（HHC）服务选择微型计算机系统的原则以及HHC微型计算机系统的潜在应用。为确保在家为患者提供的护理质量与住院患者相当，HHC服务必须组织良好，在工作人员之间提供充足的沟通渠道，并对所有家庭治疗患者的选择、培训、治疗、评估和随访保持完整准确的记录。精心设计的微型计算机系统可以提高实现这些目标的效率和准确性。系统的选择应基于特定HHC服务的需求；应考虑的因素包括该系统是否将与其他医院计算机系统兼容以及大多数用户是否能够轻松操作该程序。HHC微型计算机系统的潜在应用包括打印家庭治疗产品的标签、计算价格并提供计费数据、维护处方档案、生成药物使用审查报告以及监控库存水平。通过采用有组织的方法来选择和实施用于家庭医疗保健服务的微型计算机系统，医院药剂师可以为改善HHC服务运营做出重要贡献。
