Slide Presentation of the 2007 Annual Meeting of AHRQ

Knowledge Needs for e-Prescribing

• Medication Terminologies
  • NDC (only packaged products)
  • FDA Listing, NDF-RT, Multum, FDB NDDF
  • RxNorm—integrates many UMLS sources
  • FDA SRS UNII (for ingredients)
• Problem List and Allergy Terminologies
  • (ICPC), ICD-9, (ICD-10)
  • SNOMED CT (and VA/KP Subset)
• Clinical Decision Support Knowledge
  • Currently best open access source: NDF-RT
  • Commercial Offerings: FDB, Micromedex
  • Upcoming FDA SPL labels (post-PLR)