Search for dissertations about: "Drug information services"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 23 swedish dissertations containing the words Drug information services.

  2. 1. Prescribing drugs in primary health care - Thoughts, information strategy and outcome

    Author : Ingmarie Skoglund; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Utilitarianism; prescribing medication; evidence-based medicine; general practitioner; pharmaceutical therapy; guide lines; drug information services; primary health care; multilevel models; pharmaceutical industry; attitudes; behaviour; public authority drug information; prompt and pragmatic benefit; drug and therapeutic committee; implementation;

    Abstract : Aims: General aim; to investigate whether tailored evidence-based drug information provided to general practitioners can be implemented more effectively than evidence-based drug information provided as usual. Specific aims; to describe general practitioners’ (GPs) thoughts on prescribing medication and evidence-based drug information: to explore GPs’ attitudes on drug information: to investigate whether tailored evidence-based drug information can influence these attitudes differently or the prescribing behaviour more effectively than drug information provided as usual. READ MORE

  4. 2. Online Communities and Learning for Health : The Use of Online Health Communities and Online Expertise for People with Established Bad Habits

    Author : Åsa Smedberg; Jacob Palme; Caroline Haythornthwaite; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Health community; online community; learning; bad habits; conversation; speech acts; Ask the Expert system; holistic.; Computer and systems science; Data- och systemvetenskap; Computer and Systems Sciences; data- och systemvetenskap;

    Abstract : Patients as well as citizens are getting more and more empowered due to the use of the Internet. The last years have brought a new trend to the Internet, the virtual or online health communities, used by many people and for various purposes. READ MORE

  5. 3. Postoperative pain management : Nurse perspectives on acute pain services

    Author : Margareta Warrén-Stomberg; Högskolan i Skövde; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; postoperative pain management; postoperative pain assessment; postoperative pain documentation; VAS; nurse anaesthetist; acute pain services; Caring sciences; Vårdvetenskap; Medical sciences; Medicin; Postoperative pain management; -assessment; -documentation; VAS; nurse anaesthetist; acute pain services.;

    Abstract : Postoperative pain management (POPM) has remained an area of concern despite major efforts to improve pain assessment and management by the introduction of specified guidelines, advanced techniques for pain alleviation, and education of staff members. Different nurse specialists are involved in the perioperative care of surgical patients. READ MORE

  6. 4. Information structures and workflows in health care informatics

    Author : Johan Karlsson; Patrik Eklund; Silvana Quaglini; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Health care informatics; work ows; decision support systems; Informatics; computer and systems science; Informatik; data- och systemvetenskap; Computer Science; datalogi;

    Abstract : Patient data in health care have traditionally been used to support direct patient care. Although there is great potential in combining such data with genetic information from patients to improve diagnosis and therapy decisions (i.e. READ MORE

  7. 5. Prerequisites and Responsibility for Appropriate Prescribing - the Prescribers' View

    Author : Christina Ljungberg; Mary P. Tully; Åsa Kettis Lindblad; Petra Denig; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; computer-assisted drug therapy; prescription drugs; physician’s practice patterns; drug prescriptions; computerised medical records systems; continuity of patient care; hospital medication systems; drug utilisation review; responsibility; Community pharmacy services; Samhällsfarmaci; Social Pharmacy; Samhällsfarmaci;

    Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to explore aspects of the subjective views and experiences of doctors as prescribers, focusing on responsibility for and factors of importance in achieving appropriate prescribing. To provide insights into the prescriber’s perspective the study designs were qualitative. READ MORE