Meaningful Use and the EHR

Choosing the Best Clinical Decision Support Database

Thursday, April 14, 2011 by David White
Lexicomp's transactional drug data and reference information supports various components of Stage 1 meaningful use and certification criteria from ONC's Final Rule, specifically the implementation of electronic clinical decision support rules (drug-to-drug and drug allergy contraindication checking) based on the data elements included in: problem list, medication list, demographics and laboratory test results. 

Lexi-Data, Lexicomp's clinical decision support database, will help you meet several aspects of clinical decision support required for certification. Here's how:

Drug Interaction Data
 - we'll provide your system data that enables clinicians to screen for drug interactions, including drug-allergy, drug-drug and drug-food

RxNorm Mapping - we promote interoperability through mapping to industry standard RxNorm 

Drug Reference Data - integrate drug reference information, such as drug images and black box warnings, into your system

Patient Education Data - we provide patient education information that allows users to generate patient-specific handouts for medications (available in 19 languages), and conditions and procedures (available in English and Spanish)

Dose Range Checking - we provide data that enables clinicians to receive dosing alerts for medications, including limits for pediatric patients

Lexi-Data is designed for easy implementation. Our intuitive database design will help you seamlessly integrate complex drug databases into your system. 

Comments for Choosing the Best Clinical Decision Support Database

Thursday, April 28, 2011 by David:
Dave,

I agree with you that Lexicomp is likely the best provider of drug interaction data, patient education data, and drug reference data available. Keep up the good work.

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