First DataBank, Inc.

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First DataBank, a subsidiary of The Hearst Corporation, is the leading provider of electronic drug information to the healthcare industry. We pioneered the concept of creating executable drug knowledge that's designed to be relevant from the perspectives of multiple end users. For more than two decades, we've partnered with information system developers to deliver proven knowledge bases for integration into a wide range of applications all across the healthcare continuum, with particular expertise in clinical decision support within the workflow. Together with our development partners, First DataBank helps reduce the incidence of medication errors and adverse drug events, which promises to lower healthcare costs and improve patient care.First DataBank is known for supporting thousands of drug knowledge base implementations – ranging from pharmacy dispensing and claims processing to emerging applications including computerized physician order entry (CPOE), electronic health records (EHR), e-Prescribing and electronic medication administration records (EMAR). As the industry's most proven drug knowledge base, NDDF Plus™ provides drug content and clinical decision-support information that can be trusted implicitly. A key component in numerous mission-critical, real-world installations, it’s proven day after day in these diverse applications, and continues to deliver unprecedented results.NDDF Plus combines drug descriptive and pricing information with an extensive array of clinical decision-support modules. It encompasses every drug approved by the FDA, plus information on over-the-counter and alternative therapy agents, such as herbals, neutraceuticals and dietary supplements. Based on the widely accepted industry standard—the National Drug Data File®—NDDF Plus databases are backed by the most clinically verifiable evidence gathered to date.

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