Support System for Pharmaceutical Management and Counseling Services for Rational Use of Medication (No.2)

Database of the Pharmaceutical Standard Care

Abstract

In recent years, the higher quality has been increasingly required on pharmaceutical management and counseling services.
Nowadays the POS (Problem-Oriented System) has been establshed for the purpose. On the other hand, the clinical pharmacy diagnosis is considered to be an effective problem-solving tool in pharmaceutical care.
We therefore prepared a database for pharmacy diagnosis, problems, and care, using commercial application software called “KIRI, ” and designed a support system for pharmaceutical management and counseling services. According to this method, various documents, such as a probleme list, can be printed out on demand. By using this system, it is possible to reduce the number a disagreements among pharmacists. Moreover, these results also show that pharmaceutical care can be provided to patients to at a stable-level.