Pharmaceutical Care for Children Based on WeChat / 医药导报

ABSTRACT

Objective To improve the quality of pharmaceutical care in specialized children ' s hospital, provide convenient on-line medical consultation to parents, create the professional brand of whole-ranged pharmaceutical care by clinical pharmacist. Methods The First WeChat platform named " drugs consultation of Shanghai Children ' s Hospital" was inaugurated in Shanghai. Parents of children could search WeChat code or scan the QR code to join in WeChat friends, and asked questions online. Clinical pharmacists took turns on duty to answer questions online every day. Results During June 2014 to January 2016, number of WeChat friends was more than 8000, total number of medication consultation was 13315, average number of daily effective medication consultation was 26 (the peak was more than 60), 20 original medical articles of popular science were released, 100 other medical articles of popular science were reposted. Peak date of consulting was Tuesday, trough date of consulting was Saturday. Peak time of consulting was 900-1000, while trough time of consulting was 400-500. For consultation, top ten diseases or symptoms was cough, fever, runny nose, sore throat, coughing phlegm, diarrhea, infection, pneumonia, skin eczema, adverse drug reactions; Top ten drugs was ibuprofen suspension or suspension drops, ambroxol hydrochloride and clenbuterol hydrochloride oral solution, paracetemol, pseudoephedrine hyrochleride, dextromethorphan hyorobromode and chlorpheniramine maleate suspension, pediatric pseudoephedrine hydrochloride and dextromethorphan hydrobromide drops, azithromycin tablets or suspension, vitamin, combined bacillus subtilis and enterococcus faecium granules with multivitamines, live, ambroxol hydrochloride oral solution, montmorillonite powder, loratadine tablets or syrup. Conclusion New mode of internet+pharmaceutical care is recognized by public and official. Clinical pharmacist can ensure the safety of pharmacy in children inside and outside of hospital effectively through WeChat real-time online interaction with parents. Professional brand of full process pharmaceutical care has been made by clinical pharmacists successfully.