Today, healthcare professionals like you need easy access to drug information within their normal workflow. That access is available through the industry's most widely used drug database, First DataBank's National Drug Data File Plus (NDDF Plus). It's the first drug data base to offer you more efficient ways of navigating to exactly the information you need for the task at hand—for more informed decision-making, fewer medication errors and increased patient safety.
NDDF Plus combines drug descriptive and pricing information with an extensive array of clinical decision-support modules. It encompasses medications approved by the FDA, plus information on commonly-used over-the-counter and alternative therapy agents, such as herbals, nutraceuticals and dietary supplements.
Drug Databases for Any Application, Any User
By combining a comprehensive set of drug database elements, drug pricing and clinical information with multiple types of unique drug identifiers, NDDF Plus offers you exceptional flexibility in representing drugs and health conditions, enhancing clinical decision support.
A key component in numerous mission-critical, real-world installations, NDDF Plus has been proven day after day in diverse applications, and continues to deliver unprecedented results. You may
read more about the unique uses of the NDDF Plus in our customer’s own words detailed in real-world deployments. This time-tested medications database accommodates the varied perspectives of users across the entire healthcare continuum: from physician practices to hospitals; retail pharmacies to drug manufacturers; formulary managers to claims processors.
It starts with granular data that allows critical drug knowledge to be seamlessly shared between users like you, and across your applications, including
computerized physician order entry (CPOE),
electronic prescribing (e-Prescribing),
pharmacy dispensing,
electronic medication administration records (EMAR), and
claims processing.
Ready for Future Growth
The National Drug Data File Plus works with the IT systems your customers have in place now — and will have years from now. Specifically designed to accommodate today's rapidly changing healthcare environment, NDDF Plus lets you flexibly adapt your solution to "real-world" situations. And its databases are constantly updated for immediate access to the latest, up-to-the-minute drug knowledge. For more than 30 years, First DataBank has partnered with system developers to optimize drug information. So you can count on us to help you meet your customers' needs—now and in the future.