Ashp National Survey On Informatics: Assessment Of The Adoption And Use Of Pharmacy Informaticsin U.s. Hospitals-2007

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tem has gone into production. FTE reductions may not be realized with technology expansion as new needs and responsibilities for these technologies are developed.rnWhen designing a complete EMR infrastructure, it is important that those involved focus on their metrics and benchmarking to assess the success of the system. Each stakeholder will have desired outcomes from the software or automation that has been implemented. It is important to design reports and structure the data so they can be easily interpreted. Furthermore, the success of current and future projects depends on working with vendors to supply reports that are relevant and provide measurable data. Our survey did not focus on this aspect of measurement, and this could be a possible area for future surveys. The use of EMRs for research and pharmacovigilance is an important aspect that can only be a reality if standard data structure codes and terminology are used.rnFinally, this survey sample comprised responses from pharmacy directors from all U.S. hospitals, and responses were obtained from all types and sizes of hospitals. This is inrncontrast to the ASHP national surveys of pharmacy practice in hospital settings that only include general and children's medical-surgical hospitals. The differences in samples should be considered when comparing results from these surveys. Nevertheless, results from this survey are similar to results found in previous ASHP national surveys of pharmacy practice in hospital settings (Table 18). Differences are often explained by the inclusion of Veterans Affairs hospitals and specialty hospitals in the IT survey sample and additional adoption of technologies from 2005 to 2007.