Re: [Health-dev] Creating a local formulary / medicines product list for Tryton / GNU Health

[alvin . marcelo]

Hi Andrew,

Our two positions are not mutually exclusive. A GNU Health user can first use 
the RxNORM API to select their medicines (generic not branded) ‎and export that 
into the GNU Health "default" database structure. The advantages of this 
approach is quickly populating the medication library of GNU Health "default" 
database structure with a dataset with strong ontology (which can serve as 
backbone).

Another advantage is the rigor of adding new drugs into GNU Health. Rather than 
relying on a coding system that is specific only to that facility (or one 
developer in that facility)  the GNU Health implementations can rely on an 
internationally curated drug database that can now 'interoperate' (at least for 
drug codes) with other GNU Health systems.

GNU Health is a powerful tool and platform for improving efficiency of 
information management.  

If anyone can share the default database structure for medicines in GNU Health, 
I can ask a student to demonstrate how an RxNORM database can fit in it...

Thanks!






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for Tryton / GNU Health

Thanks Alvin

I am sure that RxNorm is an excellent medicines database/dataset 
but it is designed purely for the N. American market.

I am still convinced 
that each new GNU Health clinic/hospital should build their own medicines 
dataset based on the GNU Health "default" database structure. This will also 
help with assigning a pregnancy warning category to each medicine product, 
which is a very useful decision support (= patient safety) feature of GNU 
Health.

Regards

Andrew