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
Additional Resources
Southeast Texas Poison Center
800.222.1222
Provides 24 hour emergency information on poison and drug overdose management