Computers have become integral to pharmacy practice in many ways. They are used for drug and patient database management, order entry systems, dispensing medications, billing, purchasing, and more. Computers allow for the exchange of health information across geographic and time boundaries. In pharmacy education, computers are used for computer-aided learning, e-learning, digital libraries, and simulations. Pharmacy informatics is also an integral part of pharmacy education. Computers are crucial in areas like hospital and clinical pharmacy, pharmaceutical analysis, drug design, retail pharmacy functions, and more. Internet pharmacies allow patients to request and receive medications online.

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.