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)
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