Introducing a Mobile Drug Formulary for Healthcare Professionals in Mauritius

Abstract: Background and Purpose: Prescribing errors and faults are common in medical practice and are more prevalent among young doctors. These are mainly due to erroneous medical decisions that can unfortunately cause much harm to the patients. This study aimed at developing a mobile Drug Formulary application for Mauritius with the view to promote e-health and medication safety in Mauritius. Methods: Drug information were sought from pharmacies and wholesalers. The medications were categorized anatomically and relevant information about each medication was retrieved from established databases such as the British National Formulary and Vidal. A mobile framework was designed which allowed an administrator to upload a list of drugs on a cloud environment and the mobile devices to connect to this environment on startup to download the updates, if any, to the local device. Results: A database has been created with the existing medications provided by participating wholesalers in Mauritius. An .... https://jhia-online.org/index.php/jhia/article/view/217

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Introducing a Mobile Drug Formulary for Healthcare Professionals in Mauritius ; volume:7 ; number:1 ; day:11 ; month:10 ; year:2020 ; Journal of health informatics in Africa ; 7, Heft 1 (11.10.2020)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Jheelan-Ramchandur, Ahinsa ; Jodheea-Jutton, Abha ; Nagowah, Leckraj

Further information

• DOI: 10.12856/JHIA-2020-v7-i1-217
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2021021513131989597580
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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