Abstract
Kanebo Memorial Hospital has been engaged in the establishment of its original computer system since relatively early days. The pharmacy operation system, which organically connects the functions assisting the pharmacy operations and medical services, has been developed as a part of the integrated institutional system for the purpose of providing the patients with a better clinical environments. Recently, the hospital's original drug information supply system for outpatients was established. This drug information supply system, by programming the system on the host computer and by keeping the database of the drug information on the host computer, enables the users to directly use the data on the patients stored on the host computer and issue the Drug Information Sheet without reentering the necessary information such as the name of the patients, specialty or prescription details. Direct data processing and printing operations on the host computerenable the users to print the Drug Information Sheet quickly, and the users could thus issue 400 to 500 sheets even on the busiest days without having any frustration. The system is designed to print the sheet by grouping the information on the drugs which are put into the same bag so that it is easy for the patients to concurrently check and receive the drugs and the drug information in the bag. Another merit of this system is that the users can switch the information for different specialists that the information specific to the specialty can be retrieved in the case of the drugs used for different indications in different specialties. The trial use of such centrally managed information on the host computer like this system established by Kanebo Memorial Hospital may thus help medical professionals to cope with providing drug information to individual patient.
