Transcript What are the applications of Computers in pharmacy?

Applications of
Computers in pharmacy
MADE BY:
SIR NASEEM AHMED KHAN
DOW VOCATIONAL & TECHNICAL TRAINING CENTRE
What are the applications of
Computers in pharmacy?
Right now computers and pharmacy go hand in
hand. Drug and patient database management;
order entry systems; drug information; billing;
purchasing; automated dispensing units; and on and
ON! If you have a background in both health care
and computers/computer science you will be a hot
product.
Today we can exchange health information and
provide services across geographic, time and social
boundaries.
Computer & Medical Education
Computers have revolutionized the way
education is handled in the today’s world.. In
medical education, computers are particularly
useful because there is such a need for learning
and presenting large amounts of data, getting
and comparing accurate study and test results,
and effectively monitoring patients.
Health informatics
Health care informatics or medical
informatics is the intersection of information science,
computer science, and health care. It deals with the
resources, devices, and methods required to optimize
the acquisition (gaining), storage, retrieval, and use of
information in health and biomedicine.
Health informatics tools include not only
computers but also clinical guidelines, formal medical
terminologies, and information and communication
systems. It is applied to the areas of nursing, clinical
care, dentistry, pharmacy, public health and
(bio)medical research.
Computer-aided design of drugs
A further refinement of new drug design
and production was provided by the process of
computer-aided design (CAD). With the
availability of powerful computers and
sophisticated graphics software, it is possible for
the medicinal chemist to design new molecules
and evaluate their effectiveness.
Presentations
The field of medicine often relies on complex
definitions of conditions and procedural techniques. If
you are an educator, use the computer to show your
medical students PowerPoint presentations that simplify
the large amounts of text often needed in medical
science. Stick to the basics in the visual presentations.
You also may use computers to present video data of
medical policies or procedures, or for slide shows of
diseases or traumas and their treatments.
Papers
If you are doing a medical research study,
you can use the computer to write your findings, format
a paper for publication, find relevant studies on the
Internet or print posters for medical conferences. If
you use the Internet, stick to reputable information
sources such as electronic versions of medical journals.
Being able to write these kinds of papers is crucial in
establishing your credibility as a medical professional
because they show that you have an understanding of
one or more medical topics and are able to conduct
research and present information.
Simulations
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Because medicine involves hands-on work,
medical students need to practice procedures
before they do the procedure for real on a
patient. Use computer programs that simulate
surgery and other procedures to meet this need.
Informational Storage
Computers can store massive amounts of data. Use
a computer or personal digital assistant to take and
store notes on any patients you may see as you go on
supervised rounds. This makes it much easier to find
the medical information you need when discussing the
patient and reduces the physical amount of papers and
texts you need to carry with you. This is very important
in medicine, since efficiency and ease of referencing
medical information impacts the speed and accuracy of
patient treatment.
Testing and Self Evaluation
Use computers to take tests on medical
subjects or to quiz yourself on medical data. The
advantage of this is that you can get immediate
feedback and do not need to depend on your instructor
to review information or to find out how well you have
learned. If you use this method, keep your tests or
reviews short and use them often rather than having
huge long tests and reviews. You are more likely to
retain information if you use it frequently, and in
medicine, you'll also be called on to pull many medical
facts daily from memory.
Drug Information Services
Pharmaceutical companies are responsible
for providing updated, relevant information on
the efficacy, safety and quality of drugs to
medical professionals and finally to patients. To
fulfill this responsibility, they developed a drug
information database system to manage various
information generated during development of
new products and after launch of the products.
This system is incorporated into an on-line
network system, and can be directly accessed by
thousands of people all over the world.
INFORMATION SYSTEM IN
THE PHARMACEUTICAL
INDUSTRY
An information system (IS) is any combination
of information technology and people's activities using
that technology to support operations, management,
and decision-making.
Advanced pharmaceutical companies are realizing
that the implementation of information management
technologies in their operations can greatly enhance
their chances for success by reducing their time-tomarket and enhancing efficiency in their production
runs.