National audit of drug information centers

Dombrowski, Susan R.; Visconti, James A.

doi:10.1093/ajhp/42.4.819

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“…Of the 500 requests per month, 300 involve ethical products and 200 involve over-the-counter prod ucts. This compares to a lower figure re ported by Rosenberg (25,26) and others (24,27), who noted that approximately one third of DICs handle over 200 ques tions per month.…”

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“…For each request the following information was tabulated: type of re quest, category of individual requesting information, and whether or not request was judgmental, as has been defined by Wertheimer (30). The results were com pared to the ongoing national surveys of one of the authors (JMR) (25) and Dombrowski (27). Response times and catego ries of requestors were also compared to information in the published literature (10,14,15,19,20,31,32).…”

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“…Cramer recently advocated that differences in professional services (ie, drug information) provided by drug companies be considered in a hos pital's drug purchasing and formulary policies (23). Surveys conducted have helped to characterize the number, loca tion, and scope of DIC services (24)(25)(26)(27)(28)(29).…”

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“…Dombrowski conducted a national audit of DICs for information on sources of fund ing, staffing, information resources, com puterization, workload, and scope of ser vices (27).…”

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Comparison of Drug Information Practice in Hospitals and Industry

Rumore

Rosenberg

1989

Drug Information Journal

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To assess the type of information requested of a pharmaceutical manufacturer, re quests received over a 12 month period in the Professional Services Department of Sterling Drug Inc were reviewed. To compare drug information services of Sterling Drug with those of pharmacist-operated drug information centers (DICs), requests were classified as to the nature of the question, category of requestor, and patient specificity. Questions regarding dosage or administration, drug identification, and adverse drug events were common in both DICs and industry. At Sterling Drug Inc the largest number of requests were for literature reprints or physician drug samples and dosage or administration. This contrasts with hospital-based DICs, where the largest number of requests pertained to therapeutic use and drug efficacy or adverse drug events. At Sterling and DICs few questions pertained to pharmacology, toxicol ogy or poisoning, and pharmacokinetics. Physicians comprised the largest group of requestors in DICs. Professional and support staffing of DIC and industry drug information practice are compared. Staffing by PharmDs and RPhs was practically identical for drug information services regardless of whether the practice site was industry or DIC.

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“…Dombrowski conducted a national audit of DICs for information on sources of fund ing, staffing, information resources, com puterization, workload, and scope of ser vices (27).…”

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Comparison of Drug Information Practice in Hospitals and Industry

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Rosenberg

1989

Drug Information Journal

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“…In recent times, these sources have been criticized for their commercial motivations and undue influence on drug therapy (1 1,20). In the absence of drug information centers one would have thought that physicians would fall easy prey to the whims and caprices of drug industry-based sources of information.…”

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Physicians' and Pharmacists' Drug Information Sources in Nigeria

Osiobe

1988

Drug Information Journal

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A random sample of physicians and pharmacists in Nigeria was surveyed by means of questionnaires. Results indicated that both groups made use of a wide range of information sources for general update but depended on a few sources for drug information per se. A Wilcoxon rank-sum test on the use of drug information sources by the two groups indicated no significant difference. A comparison of physicians in old and new schools with respect to use of drug information sources also showed no significant difference. A Kruskal-Wallis H test on regional scores of both physicians and pharmacists combined, however, had a significant effect. A case is made for the establishment of drug information centers in Nigeria.

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References used in a Drug Information Centre

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Öhman

Alván

1995

Eur J Clin Pharmacol

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The literature sources used in 461 consecutive problem-oriented questions submitted during 1993 to a Drug Information Centre were reviewed retrospectively. Journals were the most frequently used literature source (36% of all quotations). Commonly used medical and clinical pharmacology journals, together with standard textbooks, provided the necessary information to solve more than 50% of drug information requests. Most questions could be answered by including the complementary use of the question/answer database Drugline. Drug information access is important for the improvement of rational use of drugs. According to the present study, this activity is possible with a fairly limited number of sources.

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National audit of drug information centers

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Comparison of Drug Information Practice in Hospitals and Industry

Comparison of Drug Information Practice in Hospitals and Industry

Physicians' and Pharmacists' Drug Information Sources in Nigeria

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