Background: As a result of recent advancements, Internet hospitals have been a typic kind of telemedicine platform in China. The platforms can now provide a wide range of medical services while breaking through the limitations of time and space with excellent accessibility.
Objective: This study aims to give a comprehensive description on the role extension of a public hospital-sponsored Internet hospital in China from the aspects of the characteristics, patient's benefit and satisfaction, the workload of pharmacists and pharmaceutical care.
Objectives: Acute muscle injury and potentially fatal rhabdomyolysis may occur with the use of statins and certain enzyme inhibitors, but data on this topic from China are quite limited. This study aimed to measure the concomitant exposure of patients to different statins and their enzyme inhibitors or interacting medications in 76 hospitals in six Chinese cities.
Methods: Prescription database was retrieved from Hospital Prescription Analysis Cooperation Project from January 2015 to December 2015, covering 76 tertiary facilities in six cities in China.