Development and Operation of Protocol Management System for Inpatient and Outpatient Cancer Chemotherapy

Autor: Mikiko Ueda, Yoshihiro Miwa, Etsuko Uejima, Shigetoshi Tajima, Manabu Takegami, Yoshiaki Okamoto, Yasushi Matsumura, Tomoya Yamamoto, Nobuo Kurokawa, Hiroko Kadowaki, Tasuku Murai, Masako Oishi
Rok vydání: 2008
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Zdroj: Iryo Yakugaku (Japanese Journal of Pharmaceutical Health Care and Sciences). 34:386-393
ISSN: 1882-1499
1346-342X
DOI: 10.5649/jjphcs.34.386
Popis: In recent years,the role of the pharmacist in ensuring the safety of medical treatment,cancer chemotherapy in particular,has become much clearer.Pharmacists now contribute to safety management in cancer chemotherapy by checking for medication errors systematically.However,in this regard,few studies have been conducted on hospital computer systems for ordering and checking cancer chemotherapy agents for inpatients and outpatients or electronic chemotherapy protocol management systems that that are directly connected to the order entry system.At Osaka University Hospital,the management of chemotherapy protocols by pharmacists has been steadily expanding since June 2003,and they are now helping greatly to reduce the risks of treating cancer by chemotherapy.In order to further improve the efficiency and safety of chemotherapy,we have been conducting various studies at our hospital since July 2005.In one of them,an electronic chemotherapy protocol management system for both hospital inpatients and outpatients was developed and it started operating in July 2007.The introduction of the new system has enabled us to solve problems concerning dates of administering chemotherapy agents,dosage restrictions,and optimum distribution of treatment agents when several chemotherapy agents are to be administered.It has greatly improved the safety of chemotherapy in our hospital.
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