> For transcribing one doesn't need all of the information - just the > spelling and possibly use (to see if the medication fits to context). > This, however, is insufficient for a medical doctor.
For generating prescriptions I need - name - acting compounds - strength - packaging details - price - regular and timely updates > There are some of these online. They're basically the Prescribing > Information html'ized (it looks verbatim or extremely close to > it). Some of these are very thorough. Seems like a big hassle to aggregate them. > What if each drug were described in XML and we built a schema that the Nice, but the problem lies in "What if ...". > provide some rudimentry checks though not thorough. OTOH, if a drug > database was somehow linked to patient records it may be possible to > allow a user, such as a nurse or a "trusted client" to enter the raw > data in his/herself. End users (say medical staff) are likely to want to use drug information not provide it. And most certainly not during their normal work routine, I would assume. > I suppose, though, that a benefit for a doctor is if he or she could > diagnose a patient with, say, an ICD9 code. Using this code then looks > up all the medications in the DB whose indications are the same ICD9. > So, the drug information itself would have to be ICD9-coded (I > suppose; I have yet to take that course and know little of ICD9). Part of the can be achieved by applying the ATC classification (Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical) to the drug data. Karsten -- GPG key ID E4071346 @ wwwkeys.pgp.net E167 67FD A291 2BEA 73BD 4537 78B9 A9F9 E407 1346
