The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 269 No 7209 p157-159
3 August 2002

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Letters to the Editor

Patient information

Software developed

From Ms D. E. Mead, MRPharmS

I have been following with interest the various articles and letters regarding patient information leaflets, (PJ, 15 June, p832).

NDCHealth's pharmacy systems include those with integrated, personalised drug and condition information leaflets. These patient-friendly leaflets have been in use for many years in community pharmacies. Due to their success, we have developed PMR-independent software so that the leaflets are also available to hospital pharmacists, non-NDC community pharmacists and, in fact, any health professional. Based on a web browser, the content can be customised for the target reader or adapted to the profession of the issuer — the design concept was to be as flexible as possible to cater for the inclusion of information on a variety of topics, for example, complementary therapies. Contributed material or an organisation's own copy can all be integrated, managed and stored within the same application.

Use of such a system might address some of the issues raised in your columns. Your readers are invited to contact me for further discussion via the e-mail address below.

Debbie Mead
Product Manager — Clinical Services
NDCHealth

debbie.mead@ndchealth.co.uk

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