Drug Information Resources Flashcards
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What are Drug Information Resources according to Anandabaskar, 2019?
DI refers to “current, critically examined, relevant data about drugs and drug use in a given
patient or population in a particular situation.”
What is referred to as data or knowledge about drugs and their safe, effective, and appropriate use?
Drug information
What does drug information encompass?
details about pharmacology
indications
dosages
administration
adverse effects
drug interactions
contraindications
monitoring parameters,
cost
identification
other aspects that inform healthcare professionals and patients about how to use a drug optimally.
The discovery, use, and management of information in the use of medications is?
Drug information
DI is sometimes interchangeable with?
“medication information” or “drug informatics.”
Individuals put DI in
different contexts by associating it with other words such as?
(1) specialist/practitioner/pharmacist/provider
(2) center/service/practice
(3) functions/skills.
What is a population as referred to in drug information?
Individuals defined by a set of common characteristics, such as a
policy on medication use developed by pharmacists working in the emergency department of a
health care system.
DI can be disseminated through multiple avenues such as?
Presentations,
publications, newsletters, websites, and public or social media coverage.
Delivery of drug information may be?
face-
to-face
by phone or email
virtually/online
DI developed for a given patient population can include?
developing therapeutic guidelines
communicating a national quality initiative
coordinating
an adverse drug event reporting and monitoring program.
DI is a specialized area of pharmacy that focuses on?
information management
Access to DI is an
essential prerequisite for the rational use of drugs. T or F?
True
In pharmacy practice what is the importance of DI?
- Decision-making in clinical settings
- Assisting healthcare providers in selecting appropriate
therapies - Adjusting dosages for specific populations (such as pediatrics or geriatrics)
- Preventing
adverse effects, and educating patients on proper medication use.
Why do pharmacists often
rely on DI resources?
To answer clinical questions, guide patient counselling, and ensure the
prescribed medications are safe and effective for each patient.
Give examples of new health information technologies are driving increased opportunities for providing DI?
- Electronic health records
- Computerized provider order entry
- Telemedicine
- Social media
- Changes in the environment
of care).
Opportunities for the provision of DI continue to grow in areas within the healthcare environment, including?
- Managed care organizations
- The pharmaceutical industry
- Medical and
specialty care clinics - Scientific writing and medical communication companies
- The insurance industry.
What are the benefits of smartphones in DI?
- Mobile devices increase point-of-care accessibility to information, providing fast and convenient access to valuable resources needed for answering DI
questions. - They can also help healthcare providers access information via many downloadable
mobile apps that can be accessed even when not connected to the internet. - Mobile devices and
digital technologies have also vastly increased the accessibility of health information to patients,
caregivers, and consumers.
What are the disadvantages of smartphones in DI?
- Due to this access and trend of using online information by patients,
healthcare professionals are faced with not only answering health and medication-related
questions but also staying current and vigilant on the latest information regarding medical
practice and treatments. - Not all published information is accurate or reliable;
- Some resources are
more reputable, current, and easier to use than others.
The various sources of drug information can be classified into
primary, secondary and tertiary.
What Tertiary DI resources?
Tertiary resources contain information filtered and summarized by the author or editor to
provide a quick and concise overview of a topic.
Some examples of tertiary resources include
textbooks, compendia, reference books, systematic and narrative review articles in journals,
clinical guidelines, ebooks.
Give examples of examples of compendia that fall under tertiary resources
Facts & Comparisons® eAnswers, IBM® Micromedex®,
Lexicomp®.
Why are Tertiary DI resources an initial place to identify information?
they
provide a relatively complete and concise overview of information available on a specific topic.
What are excellent first-line resources when dealing with a DI question?
Tertiary DI resources
