Preparation of a Drug Information Database Application Using FileMaker Go® / 医薬品情報学

ABSTRACT

<b>Objective: </b>We aimed to develop software that could provide drug information off-line using a smart device.  Therefore, FileMaker Go® was examined and evaluated as a mobile drug information application.<br><b>Methods: </b>A mobile drug information database (Mobile DI-DB) application was created using FileMaker Go®.  The function, search performance, and characteristics of Mobile DI-DB were evaluated.  In addition, question and answer time with Mobile DI-DB was compared with that existing drug information database (existing DI-DB) of the Soka Municipal Hospital.<br><b>Results: </b>Mobile DI-DB can be viewed on an iPad®and iPhone®.  The software is full-text searchable, has good search performance, and is characterized by a small file size.  Furthermore, question and answer times were found to be shorter about 1/3 with Mobile DI-DB than with existing DI-DB.<br><b>Conclusion: </b>A mobile drug information database prepared with Filemaker Go® can now be viewed on a smart device, making drug information easier to access than ever before.  Although this study focused on increasing operational efficiency of pharmacists through the use of the Mobile DI-DB application, we believe that this application can benefit other users too.