2014 Volume 15 Issue 1 Pages 54-60
We surveyed journal articles related to computerized support systems for prescriptions by physicians, prescription checks by pharmacists, and drug mixing in cancer chemotherapy published in the Japanese Journal of Pharmaceutical Health Care and Sciences and Journal of Japanese Society of Hospital Pharmacists between 2001 and 2011. The purpose of this survey was to clarify work contents that could be supported by computerized support systems. Furthermore, the articles were divided into 2 groups on the basis of whether the computerized systems were linked with the physician order entry (POE) system in order to compare function of computerized systems. Both computerized support system linked with the POE system and that not linked with the POE system were reported in 21 articles, respectively. The functions that supported prescription check and drug mixing by pharmacists were reported in both groups. Some of articles in which computerized support system did not link with POE system showed outcome of reduction in time of prescription check. On the other hand, with regard to functions that supported prescriptions by physicians were mostly confirmed in articles that reported on computerized system linked with the POE system. Therefore, it suggests that computerized system linked with the POE system was needed in order to support physicians.
