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flow of information
data
information
knowledge
wisdom
data given meaning
information
appropriate use of information
knowledge
deep understanding
wisdom
clinical expertise
wisdom
____ captures ____ at a single point
information
data
understood or implied without being stated
tacit
tacit
understood or implied without being stated
usable is the opposite of
fleeting
informatics exists at the intersection of (3)
1. people
2. info
3. technology
2 venn diagrams for health informatics
1. health care
2. info science
3. computer science

1. health system
2. clinical care
3. information computer technology
4 levels of health informatics
1. bioinformatics
2. imaging
3. clinical (individual patients)
4. public health
how is clinical informatics subdivided
into different professions
medication use system
1. prescribe
2. transcribe
3. dispense
4. administer
5. monitor
transcribe
put into computer
assess appropriateness
role of pharmacist (10)
1. be timely
2. access resources
3. translate
4. use variety of sources
5. only reviewed literature
6. relevant response
7. appropriate response
8. don't use only tertiary literature
9. patient record production, maintenance, safe keeping
10. make recomendation
how to obtain info for an individual
study what is already known
how to obtain info for population
carry out new research
role of secondary resources
organize primary resources
role of tertiary resources
summarize primary resources
which drugs are found in the CPS
drugs approved in Canada
main use for martindale
foreign products
how martindale is organized
chapter by disease
unique factors about martindale (3)
1. foreign products
2. chemical formula and stability
3. pharmacopoeia (standard amount that needs to be in something)
who wrote Martindale
pharmacists
unique factors about AHFS (4)
1. in depth
2. clinical advice (ex. traveller's diarrhea - rehydrate)
3. references
4. gives uses and indications
where is AHFS classification used
ODB
unique factors about Drugpoints (8)
US trade names
generic availability
drug class
regulatory status
how supplied
admin and monitoring
images and imprints (useless because US products)
clinical teaching
unique factors about Compendium of Self Products AKA Products for Minor Ailments (3)
non-prescription
contains info for patient
similar to CPS
unique factors about Patient Self Care (2)
Help patients select OTC stuff
copyable pages for patients
unique factors about DrugDex (2)
extensively referenced
comparative efficacy
Unique factors about Drugpoints (8)
1. US trade names
2. generic availability
3. drug class
4. regulatory status
5. how supplied
6. admin and monitoring
7. images and imprints (useless because from US products)
8. clinical teaching
Unique factors of TC
1. quick guide
2. symptoms and diagnosis
3. Non-RX treatment
4. therapeutic tips
5. product comparisons
where to do product comparisons (3)
TC
Drugdex
Compendium of Self Care Products AKA Products for Minor Ailments
Appendices of Patient Self Care (5)
medical devices
home testing
travel info
microorganisms
CAM
who writes Therapeutic Choices
MDs
who writes Martindale
pharmacists
why do CPhA monographs exist
old drugs
classes of drugs
where are monographs found (7)
CPS
AHFS
DrugDex
Martindale
DPD
www.rxlist.com
www.drugs.com
what is the non-prescription version of the CPS
Compendium of Self Care Products AKA Products for Minor Ailments
How Compendium of Self Care Products AKA Products for Minor Ailments is analogous to CPS
(3)
1. Info for patient (CPS used to have blue pages)
2. Product info like monographs (by manufacturer, approved by gov't)
3. directory
Parts of a Monograph
1 (a-m)
2 (a-f)
3 (a-i)
1. 1. Health Professional Info
a. Pharmacology
b. Indications/Uses
c. Evidence of efficacy and safety
d. Contraindications
e. Adverse reactions
f. Interactions
g. Dosage and admin
h. Overdose
i. Storage and stability
j. Special handling instructions
k. Dosage forms
l. Composition
m. Packaging
2. Scientific Info
a. Pharmaceutical info
a. Structure
b. Mol weight
c. Mp
d. solubility
b. Studies
a. Clinical
b. Efficacy and safety
c. Comparative bioavailability
c. Detailed pharmacology
a. Animal
b. Carcinogenicity
c. Mutagenicity
d. Repro and teratology
d. Microbiology
e. Toxicology
f. References
3. Consumer info
a. Disclaimer
b. About
c. Warnings and precautions
d. Interactions
e. Proper use
f. Side effects
g. Reporting side effects
h. More info

date
DPD stands for
drug product database
what is DPD
source of monographs
things not in monographs (3)
comparisons
prices
sufficient info about pregnancy/breastfeeding/overdose
what part of a monograph is not found in CPS
scientific info
CPS is required by
OCP
precaution can be prevented - what can't
warning
Prevalence of adverse rxns and which word can be used
Very common: >10%
Common: 1-10%
Uncommon: 0.1-1%
Rare: 0.01-0.1%
Very rare: <0.01%
5 Parts of Martindale
1. monographs
2. supplementary drugs and substances
3. proprietary preparations (can see brand name in other countries)
4. index of manufacturers
5. general index
how is the CPS Therapeutic Guide organized
ATC listing of disease/conditions and drug class to treat
How is Patient Self Care Organized
by body systems and their conditions
what is a supplementary drug/substance (in Martindale)
1. new
2. hard to classify
3. herbals
4. discontinued
5. toxic substances
Use of lexi-comp
can find AHFS Drug Information There
AHFS stands for
American Health-Systems Formulary Service
components of Micro-medex
Drugdex
Drugpoints
Detailed drug info for the consumer
green section of the CPS
brand and generic name index
pink section of the CPS
Therapeutic guide
lilac section of the CPS
Clinical Info
yellow section of the CPS
directory
glossy grey section of the CPS
product ID
grey section of the GPS
Glossary and Appendices
white section of the CPS
monographs
brand and generic index (CPS)
italics
generic drug name
active ingredient
therapeutic
brand and generic index (CPS)
bold and underlined
prescribing info in the monograph section
brand and generic index (CPS)
bold not underlined
availability info in monograph
includes strengths, forms
brand and generic index (CPS)
regular typeface
product available in Canada but not monograph in the CPS
where to look if there's no monograph in the CPS
DPD
e-CPS vs. print
e has no therapeutic guide
print has no info for patients
ATC stands for
anatomical therapeutic clinical
are drugs in the CPS Therapeutic Guide listed by generic or trade
generic
what is found in the Clinical Info section of the CPS (16)
Tools for:
Calculations
Dosing
Monitoring
Interactions
Ingredients of concern
Index
Vaccine schedules
Lab reference values
Creatinine CL formula
Cardiac arrest algorithm, drugs
Drugs in pregnancy, lactation
Drugs in dentistry
Endocarditis prevention
Nutrient requirements
Nonmedicinal ingredients

Latex content of parenteral products
Who is in the CPS directory
Poison control centre
Health organizations
Pharmaceutical manufacturers
New and old product listing
Why all manufacturers don't participate in product identification section of CPS
It's optional
Where else is product identification information available
at the end of the monograph
What is at the beginning of product ID section
Index
How are monographs organized in the CPS
Alphabetical by trade name
how can you tell that a monograph in the CPS is CPhA not product
title area is shaded grey
sections of monograph in the CPS (13)
1. Brand/generic names, class, manufacturer, date of monograph prep, revisions
2. Pharmacology
1. Mech of action
2. PK
3. PD
3. Indications and uses
4. Contraindications
5. Warning and precautions
6. ADRs
7. Interactions
8. Overdose
9. Dose and admin
10. Action and clinical pharm
11. Storage and stability
12. Info for patient
13. Dosage forms, composition and packaging AKA Supplied
supplied AKA
dosage forms, composition, and packaging
Appendices of the CPS (3)
1. Narcotics, controlled drugs, benzos
2. Special access program (for drugs that aren't approved in Canada
3. vaccine and other adverse event reporting
drugs that aren't approved in Canada are able via
special access program
Glossary sections in the CPS (4)
1. medical abbreviations
2. latin prescription terms
3. microorganism abbreviations
4. risk factors for drug use during pregnancy
Sometimes you search a drug on e-CPS and there is no monograph, you get a letter in brackets - what do the letter codes mean
M: prescribing info by manufacturer
A: Availability only
D: discontinued
L: link to CPhA monograph
X: no monograph
where in a monograph can active ingredients be found
at the top below the brand name
at the end under supplied
what the supplied section has that the listing of active ingredients at the top of the monograph does not
listing of other ingredients including possible allergens
ODB/CDI stands for
Ontario Drug Benefit/Comparative Drug Index
people covered under ODB (5)
1. over 65
2. social assistance receivers
3. trillium Drug program
4. home care
5. long term care home
trillium drug program
for people with high drug costs relative to their income
2 types of social assistance in Ontario
Disability Support
Ontario Works
do patients use the ODB
no
online version of the ODB
e-Formulary
DIN# is specific to
brand name
formulary
strength
2 things that have to be the same about interchangeable products
same dosage form
same strength
DBP
drug benefit price
how interchangeable products work
DBP is listed for each drug
the government will only reimburse the lowest listed DBP in a given category
parts of ODB (12)
1: introduction
2: preamble
3A: list of drug products listed as interchangeable; limited use criteria
3B: off formulary interchangeability
4: alphabetical index of drugs from part 3
5: index of pharmacological-therapeutic classification
6: Facilitated Access to HIV/AIDS and palliative care drugs
7: Trillium Drug Program
8: Exceptional Access Program
9: Additional Benefits
10: Manufacturers' Abbreviations, Dosage forms, fatal doses, relative potencies, conversions (Avoirdupois to metric)
11: Not in use
12: consolidation of limited use products
Preamble of ODB
The percentage of the DBP (the mark up) that is prescribed for the purpose of paragraph 3 of subsection 6(1) of the Ontario Drug Benefit Act is 8%
how are limited use drugs listed in part IIIA of the ODB
shaded background
how do limited use drugs work
patients have to meet specific criteria in order to be reimbursed

The physician puts a code on the Rx
why limited use drugs (2)
promotes appropriate use
cost containment
What is the purpose of the off-formulary interchangeability section
Drugs are not covered by the plan but you stil want to know whether there is interchangeability
How the facilitated access to HIV/AIDs/palliative drugs works
Approved physicians are exempt from paperwork associated with section 3 drugs
For which category of drugs is the list of prescribers kept confidential
HIV/AIDS/palliative
Exceptional access program - how does it work
Physician can send a written request
For drugs not on part 3
When is exceptional access program used
When there are no other treatments
Relationship between limited use drugs, facilitated access and exceptional access, special access
LU: patients need to fit specific criteria

Facilitated access: approved physicians are exempt from paperwork for section 3 drugs

Exceptional access: physicians can send a written request for drugs not on section 3

special access: for drugs not available in Canada
Other benefits on ODB (2)
Nutrition products
Diabetic testing agents
Where is ATC classification used (Book)
Therapeutic guide of the CPS
ATC vs. AHFS
AHFS: NA
ATC: Europe (more finely divided)
AHFS system (2 facts)
1. alphabetically lists by: therapeutic, generic names within therapeutic class

2. no obvious link between number and therapeutic class
who accredits pharmacies
OCP
act that gives minimal required references
Drug and Pharmacies Regulation Act (DPRA)
what is not required according to the Drug and Pharmacies Regulation Act (3)
geriatric
pediatric
dispensatory (gives content, preparation and uses of medicines)
what is required according to the Drug and Pharmacies Regulation Act (6)
1. CPS/e-CPS/e-Therapeutics
2. access to legislation
3. drug interactions text
4. pharmaco-therapeutics text
5. patient counselling guide
6. annual subscription to drug information service
Drug information services
Staffed by pharmacists who are trained to answer more complex questions and can access more intense resources than the average pharmacist should not call them for routine questions
e-Therapeutics replaces
CPS
TC
Drug Interactions text
Possible authors of Drug Interactions texts
Hansten and Horn
Tatro
Zucchero and Hogan
(Lexi-Interact)
Other software program
Possible Authors of Pharmaco-Therapeutics Texts
Koda-Kimble
DiPiro
What distinguishes Koda-Kimble text
Case based approach
TC vs. other pharmaco-therapeutics texts
More condensed
How often are drug interactions texts published
quarterly
Martindale - country of authorship
UK
AHFS - country of authorship
USA
Compendium of Self Care Products
Products for Minor Ailments
Country of authorship
Canada
TC Country of authorship
Canada
Patient Self Care
Country of authorship
Canada
List 3 references that have references
AHFS
Drugdex - extensive
Drug monographs
List a reference that specifically does not have references
ODB/CDI
How frequently does Martindale publish
2-3 years
How frequently does CPS publish
Annually
How frequently does ODB/CDI publish
Every few years
Several electronic updates per year
What does CPhA publish (5)
1. Patient Self Care
2. CPS
3. TC
4. Compendium of Self Care Products or Products for Minor Ailments

Drug monographs
Act that stipulates the required reference guide
Drug and Pharmacies Regulation Act
What is the library guide
Tells pharmacies what books are required