PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Blackburn, J. L.
AU  - Laxdal, O. E.
AU  - Dempsey, M. J.
TI  - Saskatchewan dial-access drug information service
DP  - 1976 Nov 06
TA  - Canadian Medical Association Journal
PG  - 869--871
VI  - 115
IP  - 9
4099  - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/115/9/869.short
4100  - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/115/9/869.full
SO  - CMAJ1976 Nov 06; 115
AB  - In September 1974 the colleges of pharmacy and medicine of the University of Saskatchewan began offering a drug information service to the pharmacists and physicians of Saskatchewan without charge. With the help of a radio-page system, calls are taken immediately by experienced pharmacists and pharmacologists. The cost of long-distance phone calls is borne by grants from the Saskatchewan medical and pharmaceutical associations. During the 1st year of operation 415 requests for information were received. Of 93 persons who called up to Feb. 28, 1975, 76% responded to an evaluation questionnaire; virtually all described the service as very valuable. The information received resulted in the alteration of drug therapy in one third of calls requesting information to assist in current treatment of a patient.