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Drug Information Services MCQs
Notes · Pharm-D / Pharmacy · 25 practice questions
- Drug Information Services - query answering process steps
- Drug Information Services - source classification
- Hospital classification - bed capacity
- Hospital classification - ownership
- Drug Information Services - systematic query response process
- Hospital classification - primary hospital services
- Drug Information Services - literature source hierarchy
- Drug Information Services - sources of information
1. During an internal audit, it is noted that the DIS center answers many queries verbally but rarely maintains written records. What is the primary drawback of this practice from a quality assurance perspective?
- AIt reduces the time taken to answer future similar queries
- BIt prevents tracking, follow-up, and quality assessment of the information provided, and loses data for future reference
- CIt has no significant impact since verbal answers are equally valid as written ones
- DIt automatically violates hospital financial regulations
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B. It prevents tracking, follow-up, and quality assessment of the information provided, and loses data for future reference Documentation of DIS queries and responses is essential for follow-up, quality assurance, and building a reference database; failing to document undermines the ability to track and evaluate information provided over time.
2. A newly established specialty hospital in Chennai exclusively treats retinal disorders and performs corneal transplants, with no general medicine or surgery wards. Based on the classification scheme for hospitals according to types of specialized services, this facility exemplifies which category?
- AHospital based on types of specialized services (eye care)
- BHospital based on system of medicine
- CHospital based on diagnosis and treatment of major problems/diseases
- DHospital based on ownership
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A. Hospital based on types of specialized services (eye care) The text classifies hospitals for eye care (e.g., Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai) under the category based on types of specialized services, distinct from disease-based classification (like TB or cancer hospitals) or system-of-medicine classification.
3. A rural health worker at a small facility with fewer than 100 beds provides antenatal care, routine childhood vaccinations, and basic curative treatment before referring complex cases to a larger hospital. According to WHO recommendations and the described healthcare structure, this facility best represents which level of care and staffing pattern?
- APrimary hospital, staffed by a general practitioner, staff nurse, and paramedical support
- BTertiary hospital, staffed by super-specialists
- CSecondary hospital, staffed by cardiologists and dermatologists
- DPrivate specialty hospital, staffed by individual proprietors
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A. Primary hospital, staffed by a general practitioner, staff nurse, and paramedical support Primary hospitals have fewer than 100 beds, provide basic services like immunization and maternal/child healthcare, and are staffed by a general practitioner, staff nurse, and paramedical supporting staff, consistent with WHO's recommendation of minimum beds per population.
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