The vocabulary provides mappings from RxNorm to various drug classification systems such as the Enhanced Therapeutic Classification maintained by First Databank (FDB™), the World Health Organization (WHO) Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System ATCC), and the Veteran's Administration National Drug File-Reference Terminology (NDF-RT) [ 26].
Food intake data were analyzed using the Nutritionist V diet analysis software (First Databank, San Bruno, CA), which was extensively amended to include traditional Greek foods and recipes, as described in Food Composition Tables and Composition of Greek Cooked Food and Dishes [ 21, 22].
All but one of the surveyed vendors and 2/4 of the internally-developed systems reported that they supported First DataBank as their medication-related knowledge base supplier, while 3/9 vendors and 0/4 internally-developed systems reported allowing their customers to utilize multiple commercial medication knowledge base suppliers.
Food intake records were analysed for nutrient intake using the Nutritionist Pro software (Nutritionist Pro™ 2.2.16, First DataBank Inc., 2004) which included ethnic-specific Malaysian foods [ 23, 24].
First Databank MedKnowlege claims to be "the most widely used and relied-upon drug knowledge base in the United States and Canada".
With regard to the potential role for corporations, companies such as First DataBank [ 32], Thomson Reuters® [ 33], Elsevier® [ 34], Wolters Kluwer® Health [ 35], and Zynx® Health [ 36] may offer structured, computer-processable medical knowledge for personalized medicine in a manner similar to how they currently offer drug-drug interaction knowledge and structured order sets.
The total energy intake from the 119 food items was calculated based on the Table of Food Components (Institute of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, 1999), except the conversion of coffee was based on US data (First Databank Incorporate, 1999).
Food intake data were analyzed using the Nutritionist V diet analysis software (version 2.1, 1999, First Databank, San Bruno, CA, USA), which was extensively amended to include traditional Greek recipes, as described in Food Composition Tables of Greek Cooked Foods and Dishes.
Food intake data were analyzed using the Nutritionist V diet analysis software (version 2.1, 1999, First Databank, San Bruno, CA, USA), which was extensively amended to include traditional Greek recipes, as described [ 15].
Clinic interviewers then entered each medication into the WHI database, which assigned drug codes using Medispan software (First DataBank, Inc., San Bruno, California).
The Veterans Administration system classifies DDIs as "critical" or "significant," [ 27] while First DataBank identifies three levels of DDIs- "contraindicated", "severe", and "moderate" [ 28].
