Comments on: Simplified and standardized intervention documentation http://jerryfahrni.com/2010/01/simplified-and-standardized-intervention-documentation/ Pharmacy Informatics and Technology Mon, 21 May 2012 11:59:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Jerry Fahrni http://jerryfahrni.com/2010/01/simplified-and-standardized-intervention-documentation/comment-page-1/#comment-1422 Jerry Fahrni Thu, 14 Jan 2010 23:03:28 +0000 http://jerryfahrni.com/?p=2752#comment-1422 Hi Mary- You bring up a couple of good points. What I would like people to do though is start looking at databases as global repositories instead of silos of information. Instead of storing the intervention in the 'pharmacy database', the information should be kept in a centralized database where it is simply viewed by the user. Something to think about as we move forward. I love that you view the future of pharmacy as more clinically-oriented. With that said, I still see the ability to simplify and standardize a system for collecting intervention data. As pharmacists become more clinically active, intervention data will become more important. Pharmacists are expensive and whether we like or not, we will have to justify our existence. It's interesting to note that I've used some fairly complex intervention systems that gave me literally hundreds of combinations for what I've done; the funny part is I always used the same ten or so options. Thanks for stopping by and leaving your comment. I appreciate the forward thinking. Hi Mary-

You bring up a couple of good points. What I would like people to do though is start looking at databases as global repositories instead of silos of information. Instead of storing the intervention in the ‘pharmacy database’, the information should be kept in a centralized database where it is simply viewed by the user. Something to think about as we move forward.

I love that you view the future of pharmacy as more clinically-oriented. With that said, I still see the ability to simplify and standardize a system for collecting intervention data. As pharmacists become more clinically active, intervention data will become more important. Pharmacists are expensive and whether we like or not, we will have to justify our existence. It’s interesting to note that I’ve used some fairly complex intervention systems that gave me literally hundreds of combinations for what I’ve done; the funny part is I always used the same ten or so options.

Thanks for stopping by and leaving your comment. I appreciate the forward thinking.

]]> By: Mary Andrawis http://jerryfahrni.com/2010/01/simplified-and-standardized-intervention-documentation/comment-page-1/#comment-1420 Mary Andrawis Thu, 14 Jan 2010 19:11:49 +0000 http://jerryfahrni.com/?p=2752#comment-1420 While I can't say that I am knowledgable in the technicalities of how an interventions are recorded, I think something to note is the fact that as pharmacists become more clinically-oriented, it will become more challenging to categorize the work that they do into checkbox type interventions. The second concern becomes the fact that when we do record interventions, it is often in the pharmacy database....as opposed to where it REALLY should live: in the patient's medical record. Thanks for interesting post! While I can’t say that I am knowledgable in the technicalities of how an interventions are recorded, I think something to note is the fact that as pharmacists become more clinically-oriented, it will become more challenging to categorize the work that they do into checkbox type interventions. The second concern becomes the fact that when we do record interventions, it is often in the pharmacy database….as opposed to where it REALLY should live: in the patient’s medical record.

Thanks for interesting post!

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