The effect of medication therapy management service combined with a national PharmaCloud system for polypharmacy patients

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 134, Issue , 2016, Pages 109-119

  Chen, Chang Ming ^a,b   Kuo, Li Na ^a,b   Cheng, Kuei Ju ^a,b   Shen, Wan Chen ^a,b   Bai, Kuan Jen ^b   Wang, Chih Chi ^a,c   Chiang, Yi Chun ^a,b   Chen, Hsiang Yin ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloud drug profile; KAP model questionnaire; Medication therapy management; PharmaCloud; Polypharmacy

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG THERAPY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITALS; INSURANCE; SURVEYS;

BASELINE DATA; COST BENEFIT RATIO; KAP MODEL QUESTIONNAIRE; MEDICAL CENTER; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; PHARMACLOUD; POLYPHARMACY; THERAPY MANAGEMENT;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTERIZED PROVIDER ORDER ENTRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SAFETY; POLYPHARMACY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TAIWAN; AGED; CLOUD COMPUTING;

ADULT; AGED; CLOUD COMPUTING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; POLYPHARMACY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAIWAN;

EID: 84978429634     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: 18727565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2016.07.008     Document Type: Article

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