Medical Drug List
The medical drug list is available in the EMR (1) and Medical drugs sections (2) of Filopto. A user can pre-define a list of the drugs normally prescribed by the practice by placing a check mark beside the drug record (3) as indicated by the Preferred field. The drug list is loaded using RxNorm. Normal Filopto Updates also update the RxNorm drug list.
The Drugs Lookup button (1) is a listing of the Internet based Drug lookup services that you can integrate into Filopto. You can add any web site of your choice. the List appears in the EMR.
Several drug reference web sites exist such as http://www.rxlist.com, http://www.healthsquare.com, http://www.pdrhealth.com , http://www.drugs.com, http://www.fda.gov/cder/index.html and http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginformation.html (herbal medicine) among others.
