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Doctors' Preference for the Location of a Drug Information Centre Leads to a Hospital‐Based Clinical Pharmacy Initiative in India
Author(s) -
Lakshmi PK,
Rao DA Gundu,
Gore SB
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of pharmacy practice and research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 2055-2335
pISSN - 1445-937X
DOI - 10.1002/jppr2002323240
Subject(s) - medicine , clinical pharmacy , government (linguistics) , pharmacy , drug , service (business) , hospital pharmacy , family medicine , adverse drug reaction , drug reaction , medical prescription , medical emergency , emergency medicine , nursing , pharmacology , philosophy , linguistics , economy , economics
This article describes the establishment of a department of clinical phannacy practice in a government hospital in Bangalore, India. Doctors' preferences were determined in a survey conducted during clinical meetings to introduce the concepts of clinical phannacy, drug information services and adverse drug reaction monitoring. There were 388 responses; only 22% of the doctors were aware of clinical phannacy services, 83% preferred a drug information service within a hospital (rather than an independent, external service), and none were aware of an adverse drug reaction monitoring program in their hospital. Based on the questionnaire and discussions with many doctors, a hospital‐based drug information centre was established in 2001. At the same time, a Department of Phannacy Practice was established jointly by Karnataka State Phannacy Council, Al‐Ameen College of Phannacy and Victoria Hospital. The hospital now has a Phannacy and Therapeutics Committee and an Adverse Drug Reactions Subcommittee. These groups have provided significant support to the phannacists' clinical activities.