The World Standard Drug Database

THE COMPREHENSIVE COMPUTERISED DRUG DATABASE LINKED TO MEDICAL CODING

Electronic Prescribing is a process that goes beyond the practice of 'writing' a prescription.

It incorporates a more comprehensive approach that involves:
Access to clinical decision support information at the point of care without 'information overload'
Two way electronic communication between physicians and pharmacies involving new and repeat prescriptions, change requests, cancellations, and other prescription messages to track patient compliance
Sharing of patient healthcare record history with other health care partners
Full integration of systems

From an original design specification produced in 1986 by Dr Roger Weeks, SafeScript have created and developed a range of unique computer prescribing products for use by all prescribers - doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals.

The World Standard Drug Database relates knowledge about drug products and their ingredients to knowledge about individual patients held in (e.g.) Read Coded format in electronic clinical computer systems.

Why World Standard??? ...........     because by using SafeScript Thesaurus Technology we can produce an interactive database for use in any country, to a defined standard, in local language, tailored to local medicinal product details and using locally used product and medical coding systems..

Use of the database integrated into clinical patient notes systems allows optimisation of prescribing, including intelligent flagging of contraindications and interactions etc, to help reduce prescriber errors. In other words this is a remarkable tool for preventing doctors making mistakes in prescribing.

Many features now make our product stand out amongst the other electronic databases which are currently available.

In addition, inclusion in the database, text from any available electronic source (whether local prescribing policy and protocols, or full standard references), should users require it, is straightforward, to provide large amounts of authoritative information for users to peruse, which is then accessible via our coding to the clinical patient record.

Conclusion

A comprehensive range of national drug databases providing useful, user friendly features including indications, interactions, contraindications, side effects, therapeutic choices and patient messages - the World Standard Drug Database. Current guidelines to achieve both accreditation for primary care (RFA), and specifications for secondary care,  have been followed, and are easily exceeded, setting a new standard in drug database specification