Document Type : Original Article
Authors
1 Associated Professor, Health Information Management, Department of Health Information Management, Faculty of Allied Health sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
2 Assistant Professor, Department of computer, electronic engineering sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences,Tehran, Iran
3 Associated Professor, Department of pharmacology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
4 PhD student, medical informatics, department of Health Information Management, Faculty of Allied Health sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
Introduction: The relationship between pharmacy information system and drug companies in different fields such as drug quality and monitoring of products after sale has major effects on improvement of drug care in patients and drug use management. The aim of this study is to present a solution which is designing structured conceptual model for an integrated information system between pharmaceutical company and pharmacy information system.Methods: This survey is an applied study. It was done in a training hospital of Shahid Beheshti university of medical science and a pharmaceutical company in Tehran at 2012 miladi. Data was gathered using a questionnaire and studying documents. Validity and reliability of tools was measures by content validity. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics that was limited to cumulative and relative frequency. Integrated database was used to make pharmaceutical companies and hospitals related. Conceptual model of software was created using structured analysis method. Results: Integrated information system was used to create relationship between pharmaceutical companies and hospitals.Structured conceptual model for integrated information system which was designed. Designed conceptual model for integrated information system include 4 section which are drug information, selling and buying drugs, adverse drug reactions, and suggestions and opinions about drugs, and were represented by functional model, data model, behavioral model and data dictionary.Conclusions: More accurate analysis should be done for designing health information systems and interoperability must be considered in it. Due to unwillingness of pharmaceutical companies and hospitals to change their software which may be bought recently, and reinvestment caused by changing software, integrated information system can be used to make a relationship between them.
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