Precautions Database™

Reduces Risk of Complications

PROTECTS PATIENTS
Precautions are opposing medical conditions that require clinical evaluation, ranging from absolute contraindications to unconfirmed potential problems. Precautions Database™ provides health care providers with information about medical conditions that may be negatively affected by particular drug therapies or that may adversely affect specific drug actions.

FEATURES

• Age-based precautions, using age ranges to represent patient populations
• Restrictions information for patient populations or medical conditions to which the precaution only applies
• Special Conditions information for patient populations or medical conditions to which the precaution is known to especially apply
• Food and Drug Administration Risk Factors, Placental Transfer Codes and Briggs Ratings that determine potential fetal risk during pregnancy
• Breast-Feeding Excreted Codes, Breast-Feeding Ratings, and Breast-Feeding American Academy of Pediatrics Codes that evaluate potential risks to infants when a drug is used by a breast-feeding mother
• Management levels that rank relative significance based on precaution severity and drug necessity
• Text and citations provide additional clarity and reference information to support the precaution information

BENEFITS

FOR HEALTH CARE FACILITIES

• Helps health care providers avoid complications associated with prescribing and dispensing drugs that are potentially contraindicated
• Provides comprehensive clinical decision support
• Accounts for medical conditions not disclosed by patients
• Identifies drug products with fewer potential conflicts to support formulary management activities
• Enhances health care providers’ decision-making ability by including text that clarifies or explains reasons for precautions
• Prevents against inappropriate drug use in pregnancy and by breast-feeding mothers
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FOR HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS

• Helps health care providers avoid complications associated with prescribing and dispensing drugs that are potentially contraindicated
• Provides comprehensive clinical decision support
• Accounts for medical conditions not disclosed by patients
• Identifies drug products with fewer potential conflicts to support formulary management activities
• Enhances health care providers’ decision-making ability by including text that clarifies or explains reasons for precautions
• Prevents against inappropriate drug use in pregnancy and by breast-feeding mothers
• Click here to download the PDF

FOR PAYERS

• Helps payers avoid complications associated with dispensing drugs that are potentially contraindicated
• Provides comprehensive clinical decision support
• Accounts for medical conditions not disclosed by patients
• Identifies drug products with fewer potential conflicts to support formulary management activities
• Enhances payers’ decision-making ability by including text that clarifies or explains reasons for precautions
• Prevents against inappropriate drug use in pregnancy and by breast-feeding mothers
• Reduces costs by proactively identifying and avoiding drug-disease conflicts
• Manages formulary decisions with comprehensive information
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FOR PHARMACISTS

• Helps pharmacists avoid complications associated with dispensing drugs that are potentially contraindicated
• Provides comprehensive clinical decision support
• Accounts for medical conditions not disclosed by patients
• Enhances pharmacists’ decision-making ability by including text that clarifies or explains the precautions
• Prevents against inappropriate drug use in pregnancy and by breast-feeding mothers
• Click here to download the PDF