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Medi-Span®

Drug Image Database™ v2.0 and Drug Imprint Database™ v2.0 are recommended together to provide the most robust solution.

FACTS & COMPARISONS®

Drug Image Database™ v2.0 /
Drug Imprint Database™ v2.0

Identifies Drugs Using Images and Descriptions

REDUCES MEDICATION ERRORS
Drug Image Database™ v2.0 and Drug Imprint Database™ v2.0 provide content on thousands of prescription and OTC medications, including tablets, capsules and liquids. These databases make it easy for pharmacists to verify a drug being dispensed against images and descriptions of the prescribed medication.

FEATURES

  • Drug Image Database™ v2.0
    • High-resolution images of tablets, capsules, transdermal patches and other dosage forms in multiple formats (e.g., .jpg, .gif and .bmp)
    • Data unique to a National Drug Code (NDC) and to specific manufacturers
    • Images for more than 52,000 NDCs
  • Drug Imprint Database™ v2.0
    • Imprints for tablets, capsules, transdermal patches and other dosage forms
    • Multiple descriptors for a drug, including color, dose form, coating, shape, flavor, imprint text and shape, among others
    • Imprints for more than 75,000 NDCs
    • Color and shape palettes allow for specialized colors and shapes to map to more commonly recognized colors and shapes

BENEFITS

FOR PAYERS

  • Helps strengthen existing patient safety measures, particularly in high-volume mail-order pharmacies, by verifying products dispensed using mass-fill processes
  • Enhances patient education and compliance when provided as a part of patient educational materials
  • Allows drug images to be printed on patient drug education leaflets, enabling the patient or caregiver to verify the medication at home
  • Saves time by simplifying unknown drug product identification
  • Protects patients by enabling pharmacists to visually verify that the correct medication is being dispensed
  • Protects pharmacists by enabling patients to self-verify the drugs they are prescribed against images printed on education materials
  • Click here to download the PDF

FOR PHARMACISTS

  • Helps strengthen existing patient safety measures, particularly in high-volume retail pharmacies, by verifying products dispensed using mass-fill processes
  • Enhances patient education and compliance when provided as a part of patient educational materials
  • Allows drug images to be printed on patient drug education leaflets, enabling the patient or caregiver to verify the medication at home
  • Saves time by simplifying unknown drug product identification
  • Protects patients by enabling pharmacists to visually verify that the correct medication is being dispensed
  • Protects pharmacists by enabling patients to self-verify the drugs they are prescribed against images printed on education materials
  • Click here to download the PDF

This product is produced and delivered to customers on a weekly, monthly or quarterly basis.