Pharmacy Informatics

Written by educators and professionals at the forefront in this field, Pharmacy Informatics shows how informatics plays a central role in providing productive and efficient healthcare services. It presents the important aspects of pharmacy computer systems at an introductory level and includes helpful information on choosing informatics as a career. The text explores the future of pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences, including the emergence of virtual communities and changing publishing models. It also addresses the Pharm D curricula standard of the Accreditation Council for Pharmaceutical Education by offering chapters on avoiding medication errors and evidence-based practice.

Auteur

Philip O. Anderson is a health sciences clinical professor of pharmacy in the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of California, San Diego in La Jolla.

Susan M. McGuinness is the pharmacy librarian in the Biomedical Library and an assistant clinical professor in the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of California, San Diego in La Jolla.

Philip E. Bourne is a professor of pharmacology in the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of California, San Diego in La Jolla. He is also the associate director of the RCSB Protein Data Bank.