Changes between Version 7 and Version 8 of DataSource UHL Prescribing

Timestamp:

04/09/13 10:15:18 (12 years ago)

Author:

Richard Bramley

Comment:

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DataSource UHL Prescribing

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 * Downloading the RxNorm data requires an account for [https://uts.nlm.nih.gov/home.html Unified Medical Language System (UMLS)].
-* The [http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/umls/rxnorm/docs/index.html technical documentation] contains a few achronyms that it doesn't explain.  Here is the table from the quick start guide:
+* The [http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/umls/rxnorm/docs/index.html technical documentation] contains a few achronyms that it doesn't explain.  Here is the table from the quick start guide with some additions:
 
 ||= Term =||= Name =||= Description =||= Example =||
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 || BPCK ||Brand Name Pack||A list of drugs provided in a branded pack. {# (Ingredient Strength Dose Form) / # (Ingredient Strength Dose Form)} Pack [Brand Name]||{12 (Ethinyl Estradiol 0.035 MG / Norethindrone 0.5 MG Oral Tablet) / 9 (Ethinyl Estradiol 0.035 MG / Norethindrone 1 MG Oral Tablet) / 7 (Inert Ingredients 1 MG Oral Tablet) } Pack [Leena 28 Day]||
 || GPCK ||Generic Pack||A list of drugs provided in a generic pack. {# (Ingredient + Strength + Dose Form) / # (Ingredient + Strength + Dose Form)} Pack||{11 (varenicline 0.5 MG Oral Tablet) / 42 (varenicline 1 MG Oral Tablet) } Pack||
+|| NDC ||National Drug Codes (that RxNorm seeks to integrate)||SNOMEDCT code or First Databank code||