The Drug Information Center Arthritis Project: Providing patients with interactive and reliable arthritis internet education

Drug Information Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 39-49

  Ansani, Nicole T ^a,c   Fedutes Henderson, Bethony A ^a   Weber, Robert J ^a   Smith, Randall ^a   Dean, Jennine ^a   Vogt, Molly ^b   Gold, Kenneth ^b   Kwoh, C Kent ^b   Osial, Thaddeus ^b   Starz, Terence W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c University of Pittsburgh Medical Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Drug information; Education; Internet; Medication information; Osteoarthritis; Patient education; Pharmacist; Pharmacy; Rheumatoid arthritis; Web site

Indexed keywords

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTHRITIS; CLIENT SERVER APPLICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SOFTWARE; COMPUTER SECURITY; CONFIDENTIALITY; DRUG INFORMATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFORMATION CENTER; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION SERVICE; INFORMATION STORAGE; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS IMPACT SURVEY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHARMACIST; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS IMPACT SURVEY; RHEUMATOLOGY; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 8;

EID: 33244489391     PISSN: 00928615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/009286150604000106     Document Type: Review

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