Should Pharmacy Informatics Officer Positions be Based in, and Report to, the Pharmacy Department, Rather than the Health Information Technology Department? - THE 'CON' SIDE

摘要

Pharmacy informatics officer positions are the product of the information technology wave that is sweeping through health care. Until very recently, the importance of these positions to pharmacy and to the overall health care system was not well conceptualized or well understood. Regional, provincial, and pan-Canadian initiatives to share health information across the continuum of patient care have highlighted the need for such positions at all levels of planning and implementation of health information technology.