Author/Editor		Paulin, M; Mrhar, A; Frankič, D; Činč, M
Title		Baza podatkov o zdravilih in rezultati prve faze izvedbenega projekta
Translated title		Drug information data base: a demonstration of up to now available results
Type		članek
Source		In: Premik M, ed. Kongres Slovenskega društva za medicinsko informatiko z mednarodno udeležbo: zbornik prispevkov. Bled: Društvo medicinskih informatikov,
Publication year		1992
Volume		str. 133-42
Language		slo
Abstract		Drug Information Database (DID) can be looked upon as a formally defined, centrally controlled, and computer supported collection of drug data. It has been developed to support the registration, prescription, and dispensation of drugs. External, conceptual and internal DID schemata were developed by an interdisciplinary project team. The external scheme was designed in the project study. The conceptual scheme was developed with the help of DATAID-1 methodology, the well known data base design tool, which can be used independently of the data base management system. The internal scheme is represented though 5 hierarhic data structures, 3 VSAM (indexed) files, and 32 tables (relations). Database management system supports 98 users programs with 94 screens. The programming language used was CSP (a third and a half generation language). Informations available for a drug in DID are as follows: registried name, producing company, dosage form, doses, packaging, mode of administration, dispensing regimen, price, working code number, drug classification, registration status, generic name, CAS number, EKZ III. number, combination of drugs, number and issued date of the registration decree and number and issued date of the Republic Official Bulletin. DID has been acknowledged by the Republic of Slovenia legislature and has replaced the (up to now in official use) Zagreb (Croatia) Drug Register. It makes possible international comparisons of drugs usage, and informs professional pharmacists in pharmacies and elsewhere about the most recent developments in the area. DID can be queried by using the drug's registried name, generic name, CAS number, working code number, its pharmacodynamic group or producing company. To conclude, DID has been designed in a moderm fashion, as a user friendly software package (using standardized screens for different users), and open toward future developments (toward including new pieces of data and new reports).
Descriptors		DATABASES, FACTUAL DRUGS SLOVENIA