Publication: National Drug Information Sharing in the Thailand Health Care Supply Chain
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2015-01-01
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21684804
21684790
21684790
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Mahidol University
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Therapeutic Innovation and Regulatory Science. Vol.49, No.6 (2015), 920-928
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Sophon Muangchoo, Duangpun Kritchanchai National Drug Information Sharing in the Thailand Health Care Supply Chain. Therapeutic Innovation and Regulatory Science. Vol.49, No.6 (2015), 920-928. doi:10.1177/2168479015583726 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/36612
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National Drug Information Sharing in the Thailand Health Care Supply Chain
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© 2015, © The Author(s) 2015. Purpose: The paper explores the problems of health care supply chain in Thailand. A national drug information database is designed and presented to facilitate drug information sharing. Methods: Literatures are analysed in order to develop the information needed by stakeholders in health care supply chain. Expert interviews are conducted to verify the necessity of all of the attributes. A conceptual network of web-based services is designed. Results: The study purposes the use of a national drug information database containing drug information needed by all players and enabling nationwide information exchanges in a standard electronic format. Conclusions: Due to fragmented data and information and lack of data standard problems, the study purposes the information sharing system by constructing a national drug information database. The database contains information needed by all players in health care supply chain. A conceptual network of web-based services is presented to facilitate drug information sharing among health care supply chain members as well nationwide implementation.