Meshari Alrayees
King Salman Armed Forces Hospital-North Western Region, KSA
Title: The importance of implementing clinical design support system while using electronic prescriptions
Biography
Biography: Meshari Alrayees
Abstract
Statement of the Problem: Interventions by the pharmacists in prescribing process have always been considered as a valuable input by the health care community in the patient care process by reducing the medication errors and rationalizing the therapy. Researchers have reported that introduction of electronic prescription system clearly reduces medication prescription errors. However, the clinical benefits of clinical design support system (CDSS) with electronic prescriptions have been previously studied and proofed to improve the quality of prescribing.
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to describe the experience of using electronic prescriptions without CDSS and to show the importance of pharmacist intervention and CDSS as added prevention layers for medication errors.
Methodology & Theoretical Orientation: It is retrospective chart review about the pharmacist’s interventions over the period of 1 year. All the data is generated in the computer. Simple random sampling technique was used and the sample size was 592 prescriptions. Data gathered electronically and analyzed using SPSS version 21 to categorize the medication prescribing errors and related factors.
Findings: The benefit of using electronic prescribing system was limited to enhance the prescribing process but not improving the quality of prescribing pattern entirely. The pharmacist plays an important role as additional prevention layer for any prescribing error by catching medication errors mainly because of lack of knowledge of the prescribers.
Conclusion & Significance: Electronic prescribing system is a worthy system to be used to reduce the medication prescribing errors. However, CDSS should be implemented in this system because it is an integral part to ensure patient safety and improve the prescribing service.
Recent Publications
1.Mohamed H Ragab, Mohammed Y Al-Hindi and Meshari M Alrayees (2016) Neonatal parenteral nutrition: Review of the pharmacist role as a prescriber. Saudi Pharm J.; 24(4): 429-440.
2.Alatawi Y M, Kavookjian J, Ekong G and Alrayees M M (2016) The association between health beliefs and medication adherence among patients with type-2 diabetes. Res Social Adm Pharm.; 12(6): 914-925.