OBJECTIVE: To probe into the advantage and disadvantage of prescription review system of Chinese herbal medicine

to provide information-based method for optimizing review mechanism

so as to improve rational drug application. METHODS: Data of prescription review of Chinese herbal medicine in Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine Affiliated to Capital Medical University in 2018 were retrospectively analyzed to discuss and summarize the results of prescription review model of Chinese herbal medicine in Hospital Information System.RESULTS: A total of 11 757 prescriptions were extracted for review

of which 192 were irrational prescriptions

with the irrational rate was 1. 6%; manual screening was conducted on irrational prescription with excessive amounts of toxic drugs and no double signature in "eighteen incompatibilities

nineteen counteraction " drugs

115 irrational prescriptions were remained. The 115 irrational prescriptions of Chinese herbal medicine mainly involved 9 types of problems

the top 3 problems ranked by the number of prescriptions were inconsistency in diagnosis

syndrome type and drug selection（ 51 prescriptions

44. 3%）

no special case to properly extend the prescription dosage without clear reasons（ 30 prescriptions

26. 1%）

improper usage and dosage（ 11 prescriptions

9. 6%）. CONCLUSIONS: The application of Hospital Information System to conduct prescription review of Chinese herbal medicine can ensure the rationality of sampling

improve work efficiency and level. However

compared with paper prescription

some information cannot be reflected in electronic prescription

with review content missing

so that the prescription information in the system needs to be improved.