Drug Information Center
General Information
The mission of the Houston Methodist Hospital Drug Information Center (DIC) is to provide clinical, research, and educational support for optimizing drug therapy for patients and promoting wellness.
Services from the Houston Methodist Drug Information Center are available to Houston Methodist-affiliated healthcare professionals. Houston Methodist is committed to the I CARE values – integrity, compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence – providing exceptional evidence-based patient care. If you are a patient, please contact your healthcare provider to ensure your individualized care needs may be addressed for unmatched patient satisfaction.
Primary Functions
- Answering patient-specific and general inquiries regarding all aspects of medication use
- Providing accurate, current, and unbiased drug information in the support of rational drug therapy
- Responses are provided by phone, mail, or e-mail
Availability
- Urgent inquiries from Houston Methodist-affiliated healthcare professionals may be made to the pharmacy clinical specialist on call at Houston Methodist 713-768-0719
Resources
- Specialty references
- Computer database
- Medical and pharmacy journals
DIC Staff
Staffed by pharmacists, pharmacy residents, and pharmacy students.
DIC Staff Functions
- Answering drug related questions from healthcare professionals of Houston Methodist
- Preparing the agenda and clinical background information for the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee meetings
- Developing criteria for medication use evaluations; helping conduct these evaluations and preparing recommendations to the medical staff based on the results of the evaluations
- Assisting in conducting research and evaluating outcomes of medication usage