Dispensed Drug Information Services for Outpatients at Kumamoto University Hospital

We newly developed an automated system of dispensing drug information for outpatients at Kumamoto University Hospital. This system, which is linked to the prescription order entry system, allows us to print an instruction sheet called “Drug information for patients” with little extra time required for the dispensing operations. The information sheet is composed of the drug names, efficacies, precautions and dispensing comments for the prescribed drugs. Informed consent was obtained from all medical departments in advance. Therefore, this new system seemed to be useful for improving effective drug compliance by patients.