What is pharmacy informatics? / Philip O. Anderson, Susan M. McGuinness, and Philip E. Bourne -- Drivers of change : emergent information and biotechnologies / Howard R. Asher and Philip E. Bourne -- Computer and informatics basics / Philip E. Bourne -- Controlled vocabularies / Philip E. Bourne and Susan M. McGuinness -- Literature and the world wide web / Susan M. McGuinness -- Hospital information systems / Joshua Lee -- Pharmacy information systems / Daniel T. Boggie, Jennifer J. Howard, and Armen I. Simonian -- Bedside bar coding technology and implementation / Ashley J. Dalton -- Pharmacy informatics as a career / Armen I. Simonian -- Avoiding medication errors / Joseph E. Scherger and Grace M. Kuo -- Tertiary information sources for professionals and patients / Philip O. Anderson and Susan M. McGuinness -- PDAs and handheld devices / Joseph J. Ennesser -- The practice of evidence-based medicine / Laura J. Nicholson -- Clinical pharmacokinetics computer programs / Philip O. Anderson -- Clinical decision support systems / Pieter J. Helmons -- Data mining for pharmacy outcomes / Robert H. Schoenhaus -- Pharmaceutical sciences in a virtual world / Philip E. Bourne -- Where do we go from here? / Richard M. Peters.