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impact evaluation that assigns members to the treatment group and a control group by method other than random assignment

ex. achievement of first born children with that of later born kids

other name of cross sectional study

involves data collection at a defined time

ex. beer and obesity

ana analytical study which compares individuals who have specific disease (cases) with those without disease (control)

ex. diabetec person drinking beer to non diabetec person drinking beer

research study that tracks patients with a known exposure given similar txn or examines their medical records for exposure and outcome

ex. analysis of ADR to vaccines

research studies that test how well new medical approaches work in people

ex. viagra for filipino men

a report of the symptoms, signs, diagnosis, txn, follow up of an individual

contains demographic profile of the patient

analysis of risk factors and follows a group of people who do not have disease, and uses correlations to determine the absolute risk of subject contraction

ex. metabolic syndrome as a precursor of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus 

methods focused on contrasting and combining result from different studies

example of meta analysis

pharmacokinetics used to assess the expected in vivo biological equivalence of 2 proprietary prep. of drug

ex. generic products and branded products

practice of monitoring the safety of a pharmaceutical drug or medical device after it has been released on the market

a way of summarizing research qualitative evidence

ex. txn burden in stroke, heart failure and diabetes

critical part of the drug development process and are essential for drug product marketing approval

medication used in hospital setting may be described simply in several steps:

deals with the record of diseases and intervention to cure them

it includes elements of health care maintenance and preventive care items

to provide structure to physicians order and to allow for the rendering of decision support tools at the moment of ordering

3 elements to make online records more advantageos

common standards used to represent in EHR

used for clinical decision support and for billing support purposes

a developed system of structural data for laboratory findings and other observation

examples of drug information documents and topics written by pharmacist

examples of verbal presentations delivered by pharmacist

preparing to write

key points in presentation

steps in preparation and practice

key qualities of successful delivery

best way to obtain crucial feedback

is an electronic communication over distance

telephone, record, record sound as oscillating waves

measure of the ability to carry increasing data overtime

describes two way communication that occurs in real time. examples

does not occur in real time. example

orbiting in the same direction and speed as the earth. examples

anything that can carry an electronic signal from its source to a destination

two types of telecommunication medium

it uses light waves to transfer data
short range, less than few meters

uses radio waves as the medium to transport data, wifi

uses antenna that transmit high bandwidth signals between stations - 30 miles apart

susceptible to disruption by weather

uses geographic regions to defined areas that are covered by cellular tower

evolution of cellular services

provides the broadest geographic coverage

unique subset of communication