Eighty-four percent of the previously identified DICs were still in existence. The most notable changes in these DICs were increases in the number of DICs focusing on educating health-professions students, the complexity of drug information questions, and the amount of time required to answer each request.

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Hospital pharmacy departments in New York utilized paid pharmacy interns to perform a variety of functions, including clinical activities. While there appears to be recognition that interns can perform clinical activities, the mean number of such activities was relatively low.

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