Abstract
International Journal of Pharmacology and Clinical Sciences,2018,7,4,26-30.DOI:10.5530/ijpcs.2018.7.6Published:November 2018Type:Research ArticleAuthors:Yousef Ahmed Alomi, Saeed Jamaan Alghamdi, and Radi Abdullah Alattyh Author(s) affiliations:Yousef Ahmed Alomi1,* , Saeed Jamaan Alghamdi2, Radi Abdullah Alattyh2 1The Past General Manager of General Administration of Pharmaceutical Care, The Past Head, National Clinical pharmacy and pharmacy practice, The Past Head, Pharmacy R and D Administration, Ministry of Health, Riyadh, SAUDI ARABIA. 2General Administration of Pharmaceutical Care, Ministry of Health, Riyadh, SAUDI ARABIA. Abstract:Objective: To explore the practice at the National Survey of Drug Information Centers in Saudi Arabia with an emphasis on Evidence-Based Medicine-Therapeutics Guidelines (EBM-TGs) System at Ministry of Health hospitals. Methods: This is a 4-month crosssectional national survey of the Drug Information Services at MOH. The survey contains 10 domains with a total of 181 questions designed by the authors. The questions were derived from the International Pharmaceutical Federation, American Society of Health- System Pharmacists best practice guidelines. The survey was distributed to 40 hospital pharmacies that run drug information services. In this study, the domain Medication- Use Evaluation System was explored and analyzed. It consisted of seven questions about the written policies and procedures and application methods for EBM-TG in the drug information centers. The data were analyzed through the Survey Monkey system. Results: The response rate was found to be around 88.88%. According to the results, written policies and procedures for EBM-TGs existed only in 18 (45%) hospitals and approximately 25–100% of the elements implementations. EBM-TG monitoring system is available live in only 17 (42.5%) hospitals applying approximately 25–100% of the elements. According to our results, in only 18 (45%) hospitals, the patients receive appropriate care due to EBM-TGs. There is evidence that the EBM-TG Indicators existed in only 19 (45.5%) hospitals applying approximately 25–100% of the elements. Process for improving EBM-TG system exists in 20 (50%) hospitals applying approximately 25–100% of the elements. Conclusion: There a poor application of EBM-TGs in the practice of drug information centers. Implementation of EBM-TG system improves patient outcomes which avoids unnecessary additional costs in the healthcare system. Keywords:Drug Information Centers, Evidence-Based Medicine, Saudi Arabia, Therapeutics GuidelinesView:PDF (319.68 KB) PDFClick here to download the PDF file. Images Size, ownership, and accreditation of respondents
Highlights
The primary activity of the drug information center (DICs) is to answer drug information queries from the healthcare professionals and the public.[1]
It consisted of a total of 181 questions designed by the authors. They are derived from the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) best practice guidelines, the international standard of Joint Commission of Hospital Accreditation
15 hospitals were accredited by CIBAHI and 8 hospitals were only accredited by Joint commission, whereas none of them were accredited by ASHP or Canada
Summary
The primary activity of the drug information center (DICs) is to answer drug information queries from the healthcare professionals and the public.[1] During answering the question, the pharmacist needs to revise tertiary and secondary references. If they do not find the answer, they switch to primary references. The new concept is more than the socalled evidence-based medicine. It can be used at each step of search to critically evaluate the topic before
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