A Guide and Challenges of Information Technology in the Prevention of Repeated Drug Allergies
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Drug allergies are unpredictable adverse drug reactions. Preventing patients who have a drug allergy from repeated use of the medication can be prevented. This article aims to provide a guide for the prevention of drug allergies and on the use of information technology that could effectively prevent repeated intolerance. A guide for preventing repeated drug allergies can begin with identifying factors that cause such allergic reactions to a medicine, including personal and patient factors, information, work processes, facilities, and external factors. This information could lead to the prevention of the factors that cause repeated drug allergies. Further more, information technology has been developed to help manage and monitor health problems. Developing programs that enable patients to carry such programs anywhere and at anytime will be one of the channels for patients’ health and drug allergy information. This is one of the ways in which information technology could enhance the effectiveness of preventing repeated drug allergies.
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