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Evaluation of patient counseling microcomputer software programs.

T I Poirier1, R A Giudici

  • 1Duquesne University.

Hospital Pharmacy
|May 1, 1992
PubMed
Summary

This study evaluated five patient counseling drug information programs, finding excellent readability, ease of use, and overall performance. However, most programs lacked timely database updates, a key factor for effective patient counseling.

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Area of Science:

  • Health Informatics
  • Pharmacology
  • Patient Education

Background:

  • Patient counseling drug information programs are essential tools for healthcare providers.
  • Evaluating these programs ensures they meet quality and usability standards for effective patient education.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate five patient counseling drug information programs based on specific criteria.
  • To compare program features, ratings, drug coverage, database timeliness, readability, information content, and user performance.

Main Methods:

  • Comparative analysis of five distinct patient counseling drug information programs.
  • Evaluation based on predefined criteria including drug scope, update frequency, readability, information components, and user-friendliness.

Main Results:

  • Drug coverage, readability, and overall patient performance were rated excellent across all programs.
  • Most programs demonstrated poor timeliness in database updates, with update schedules varying significantly.
  • Ease of use and inclusion of key information components were consistently rated good to excellent.

Conclusions:

  • While all evaluated programs are user-friendly and competitively priced with excellent patient performance, significant disparities exist in database update timeliness.
  • The format of printed output emerged as the primary differentiator between programs.
  • Future development should prioritize consistent and timely database updates to enhance the utility of these patient counseling tools.

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