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Use of personal digital assistants for documentation of pharmacists' interventions: a literature review

Rodriguez-Morales AJ. 2009 Jan 15. Use of personal digital assistants for documentation of pharmacists' interventions: a literature review. Mobile medical computing reviews. [Online]

“Are personal digital assistants (PDAs) used as intervention documentation tools in health systems by pharmacists in their practice?” The authors explore this question but found few articles that responded directly, suggesting the need to increase the frequency and number of interventions documented by pharmacists on PDAs.  Given the study's limited findings, this question deserves further research and a more exhaustive and detailed systematic review.

Use of personal digital assistants for documentation of pharmacists' interventions: a literature review

Reviewed by Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales, MD, MSc

Fox BI, Felkey BG, Berger BA, Krueger KP, Rainer RK Jr. Am J Health Syst Pharm 2007; 64(14):1516-25.

The authors selected a very limited number of studies and did not conduct additional bibliographic searches in other relevant international databases.

Research design/methodology

Authors conducted the literature search in MEDLINE and the International Pharmaceutical Abstracts. They used the following keywords: personal digital assistant, PDA, intervention. The methodology could not be considered a systematic review of the literature.

Eligibility criteria

Included studies were limited to articles' whose title and abstract mentioned pharmacists’ use of PDAs as intervention documentation tools.

Search methodology

Keyword searches in MEDLINE and International Pharmaceutical Abstracts databases.

Analysis

Descriptive analysis with helpful tables summarizing main findings. No statistical tests were applied.

Research question

“Are personal digital assistants (PDAs) used as intervention documentation tools in health systems by pharmacists in their practice?”

Assessment of methodological quallity

This review was not done according to rigorous protocols for meta-analysis or systematic reviews.

Intervention

Personal digital assistants (PDAs) for documenting interventions by pharamcists

Technologies

The following tools were mentioned: Palm OS, Pendragon Forms, HanDBase, SatelliteForms. Additionally, documentation software for PCs were outlined.

Outcome

HIGHLIGHTS: The use of PDAs may increase the frequency and number of interventions documented by pharmacists.

IMPLICATIONS: An important component of pharmaceutical practice is the documentation of the care provided. However, there is a lack of well-designed studies reporting the overall outcomes of using PDAs for intervention documentation by pharmacists.  

GENERALIZABILITY: Findings are applicable to health care disciplines beyond pharmacy. However, further studies, trials and reviews are needed to assess impact and significance.

Further areas for research

Further observational studies and trials could be conducted for PDA documentation by pharamicsts and other health care professionals.  It is important to conduct comparisons between different PDAs, different software and other documentation methods in order to assess the real impact of their use.

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