As an in-depth electronic reference, American Hospital Formulary Service® Drug Information (AHFS DI) from the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists® (ASHP) is the perfect solution for integrating full-text monographs directly into your information system. These monographs are an officially recognized federal standard on drug therapy, based on accepted medical practice. They are used by pharmacists, physicians, nurses, and other clinicians in a wide range of healthcare environments.
Professionals trust these monographs as the most comprehensive, authoritative source of unbiased drug information. Unlike other drug references, their content is not subject to the influence of manufacturers, insurers, regulators or other special interests. The monographs complement the proven screening data and clinical decision-support information available in First DataBank's drug databases, including the National Drug Data File Plus (NDDF Plus) and the International Drug Data File - Canada.
Easily Integrated Content
When integrating AHFS Drug Information into your healthcare system, you can choose data alone or as part of the AHFS Framework. Either option enables you to rapidly build a system that allows professionals to navigate easily from drug data to in-depth information, without having to master multiple software interfaces. This additional breadth and depth of knowledge helps set your system apart.
Comprehensive Drug Coverage
Written for the professional, these full-text monographs contain over 1,250 in-depth clinical drug descriptions on over 40,000 represented medications and over 100,000 drug products. Information includes:
- Uses—including footnoted, off-label uses common in practice
- Specific dosage and administration information
- Cautions—including breakouts for
- Side effects, identified by organ systems
- Precautions and contraindications
- Mutagenesis and carcinogenesis information
- Pregnancy and lactation data
- Drug interactions and adverse reactions
- Acute toxicity—including recommendations for initial overdose treatment when applicable
- Preparations, chemistry and stability
- Mechanism of action
- Spectrum and resistance—for antibiotics
- Pharmacology
- Pharmacokinetics
- Professional references for each source
- Over 70,000 uniquely cited references
- Well-established, referenced laboratory and test interferences
As an advantage over the printed version of AHFS DI, the citations for the primary literature are included in the electronic version.
For further details, please visit www.ashp.org/ahfs.
A Respected Resource
Physicians, pharmacists and other healthcare professionals commonly use the AHFS DI monographs in a variety of healthcare environments. Hospitals and managed care environments use the Therapeutic Class and Preparations sections as tools for efficient, rational drug formulary management. Pharmacists use the monographs to implement, monitor and assess drug therapy in acute, ambulatory, long term/home care and administrative settings. And retail pharmacists commonly refer to AHFS DI monographs to consult with the physician on a prescription.
Faster Implementation with AHFS Framework™
To speed up implementation, First DataBank offers the AHFS Framework content-integration software. This set of application programming interface tools facilitates integration of this content—and sophisticated full-text search capability—into your information system. Using the Framework, you can significantly increase functionality, with minimal IT investment.
Enhanced Decision Support
The AHFS DI full-text monographs significantly enhance the decision support available to healthcare professionals. Find out how you can expand the usefulness of your system with AHFS Drug Information monographs.
About the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists® (ASHP)
ASHP is a 30,000-member national professional association representing pharmacists who practice in hospitals, health-maintenance organizations, long-term care facilities, home care, and other components of healthcare systems. ASHP, which has a 60-year history of medication-error prevention efforts, believes that the mission of pharmacists is to help people make the best use of medicines. Assisting pharmacists in fulfilling this mission is ASHP's primary objective.
The Society has extensive publishing and educational programs designed to help members improve their professional practice, and it is the national accrediting organization for pharmacy residency and pharmacy technician training programs. Further information is at www.ashp.org/.
