Package Insert Leaflet Analysis and Improvement to Reduce Patient Risk Factors: A Pharmacovigilance Approach in Computer Science

Abstract

Current package inserts for medicines are confusing for many patients and can lead to non-compliance. To combat this problem, a readability assistance system has been designed to analyze and improve leaflets to reduce the risks for patients, such as incorrect use of medication. This assistance system is divided into 5 levels: pharmaceutical readability index, graphical package insert leaflet overview, paragraph analysis, sentence analysis and recommendation of sentence rearrangement. The assistance system is designed only as a guide for the person in charge of the Patient Information Leaflet (PIL) to guard against possible misunderstanding of the PIL. The final decision is always with the person in charge for the correctness of the wording. In the future it is planned to adapt the assistance system to other types of leaflets.