Research Hotspots and Trends of Prescription Review in China from 2013 to 2023

KANG Jian; QIAO Gaoxing; SUN Dongxu; SHI Jinming; DU Shuzhang

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1004-437X.2026.10.005

Abstract：Objective To investigate the hotspots,trends and directions of research on prescription review in China,and to provide reference for future research on prescription review in hospitals.Methods The literature on prescription review research published from 2013 to 2023 was retrieved from the China National Knowledge Infrastructure,Wanfang Database,and VIP Database.The bibliographic information of the included literature was extracted and analyzed using BICOMB-2021 software.High-frequency keywords were determined based on word frequency,and a co-occurrence matrix and a word-document matrix were generated.Social network analysis was performed on the co-occurrence matrix using NetDraw-2.148 software and Ucinet-6.560 software.Cluster analysis was conducted on the word-document matrix using gCLUTO-1.0 software.Results A total of 437 articles on prescription review were finally included.The number of publications increased significantly after 2014,with an average of 41 articles per year.The journals with the highest number of publications were China Pharmacy and Chinese Journal of Hospital Pharmacy.Five major research themes were identified:application research of information-based order review in pharmacy intravenous admixture services,research on the rationality and safety of total parenteral nutrition prescriptions,analysis of inappropriate prescriptions/orders in medical institutions,research on the optimization and practice of review rules in prescription review systems,and research on clinical pharmacists innovating pharmaceutical care based on information technology construction.Conclusion With the support of various national policies in the past decade,research on prescription review in China has experienced vigorous development.Pre-prescription review has become a general trend,and the construction of prescription review information systems is advancing towards informatization,refinement,and intelligence.