Re: [Gnumed-devel] Drug Progress

[Horst Herb]

Karsten Hilbert wrote:

> Give me a document on how to setup the drugref based database
> as a read-only drug info reference service and code to use it
> as such (not just a proof-of-concept, I know the concept
> works, it needn't be proven to me) and I will start using that
> any day. Or, provide a remotely accessible database on
> drugref.org (==gnumed.net) and some code to access it as a
> service. I shall immediately refrain from thinking about
> a MIMS specific backend to the general drug info reference
> API.

The drugref.org database is running on Postgres, Ian has closely 
modelled it to the pre-existing gnumed drug database. You can apporach 
him for user name and password and you can use it right away.

The information it contains so far is similar to the NDA data - so far 
some 5000 entries, mostly drug names and their ATC codes. We can import 
(if Ian hasn't done it yet already) related dosage, formulation and 
brand name information from publicly available data (NPS, HIC) any time; 
this would allow us to  use all publicly subsidized medication in 
Australia right away (which covers some 99.9% of medication I prescribe)

Horst