1. SHAH ABDUL LATAIF UNIVERSITY KHAIRPUR
NAME :MUTAHAR ALI
SUBJECT:COMPUTER
SUBMITTED TO :SIR MUNTIZAR MEHADI
ROLL NO :DP-0118-23
DEPARTMENT:PHARMACY
CLASS:3RD PROFESSIONAL FORM-D
IMPORTANCEOF COMPUTER IN PHARMACY
Computers andPharmacy
•Right nowcomputersandpharmacy go handin hand
•Drug andpatientdatabase management;orderentrysystems;druginformation;billing;purchasing;
automateddispensingunits;andonand ON!
•Today we can exchange healthinformationandprovide servicesacrossgeographic,time andsocial
boundaries.
Advantages
• Pharmacyplayscrucial role in patientcare.
• Requireshuge managementandmanpower
• Effective use of computerstartedinPharmacystartedin1980.
• Advantageslike reductionin time,accuracy,reductioninmanpower,speed,multitasking,non-
Use of internetin Pharmacy
• Internetiscollectionof huge datawhichisaccessible withfew clicks.
• Availabilityof softcopiesof bookshasmade itmore useful forpharmacists.
• Accessto huge amountof researchjournalspublishedonline hasmade veryusefultool forliterature
survey.
Computer inRetail Pharmacy
• Accountingfunctions
• Managerial functions
• PurchasingandInventorycontrol
• Drug Information
Hospital and Clinical Pharmacy and Computer
• Hospital pharmacyperformsthe functionof receivingandallotmentof drugsandotherprofessional
items.Dispensingandmanufacturingare alsointegral parts.
• Patientrecordmaintenance
• Purchase andinventorycontrol
• TherapeuticDrugmonitoring
Computers inPharmaceutical Analysis
• Analytical instrumentsuse computerdesignedsoftware.
• Data storage and processing
• Buildinguplibraries
• HPLC,MS, GLC , spectrophotometersandall otherinstruments
ComputerAidedDrug Design
• Integral Partof Drug Discovery
• Rational Drugdesign
• Chemical modificationsof molecules
• Generationof leadmolecules
• Dockingstudiesusing3-Dmodelsof proteins
2. Computers inEducation
• From “ Chalkto talk”to “DisplayandDeliver”
• Computeraidedlearning“CAL”• Hypertextvideochats,webbasededucation,multimediabased
education,digital libraries,simulationlaboratories,tele- education
• E-learning
• Digital libraries
Simulations
• Because medicine involveshands-onwork,medicalstudentsneedtopractice proceduresbefore they
do the procedure forreal on a patient.Use computerprogramsthat simulate surgeryandother
procedurestomeetthisneed.
Pharmacy informatics
• Bio-medical andPharmacyinformatics
• Anintegral partof pharmacyeducation
• use and integrationof data,information,knowledge,andtechnologyinvolvedwithmedicationuse
processes
• informaticshave rangedfromimprovingpharmaceutical care inoncology,toprovidingclinical
decisionsupport(CDS) forantimicrobial stewardshipandpharmacokinetics,tocontainingcostsin
managedcare
. Drug InformationServices
• Pharmaceutical companiesare responsibleforprovidingupdated,relevantinformationonthe
efficacy,safetyandqualityof drugs.
• Thissystemisincorporatedintoanon-line networksystem,andcanbe directlyaccessedby
thousandsof people all overthe world.
• Moreover,Drugand poisoncenterscanworkon the basisof same principal whichmayrespondto
queriesregardingdrugs
. • DPIC,UVAS,Lahore.
. Telepharmacy
• Providespharmaceutical care ata distance topatientsinrural and medicallyunderservedareas
• Licensedpharmacistsata central pharmacysite can supervise aregisteredpharmacytechnicianata
remote site viateleconferencing
• The technicianpreparesthe prescriptionfordispensing,while the pharmacistcommunicatesface-to-
face in real time withboththe technicianandthe patient
InternetPharmacies
• Since aboutthe year 2000, Internetpharmacieshave beenestablishedworldwide
• similartocommunitypharmacies
• The primarydifferenceisthe methodbywhichthe medicationsare requestedandreceived.
• Internetpharmacies(alsoknownasOnline Pharmacies) are alsorecommendedtosome patientsby
theirphysiciansif theyare homebound.
