Table of Contents

Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Terms and definitions
3 Abbreviated terms
4 Business requirements for an international coding system
   to identify the medicinal product
5 Description and assessments of existing coding systems
   5.1 Selection rationale
   5.2 GS1 system
   5.3 NDC
   5.4 WHO DD
   5.5 Country status of coding of healthcare products
       (01/05/2003)
6 Analysis of existing coding systems with international
   business requirements
7 Discovery of international business concepts for an
   international coding system
8 Benefits of an international coding system for medicinal
   products
   8.1 Knowledge sources for decision support (clinical
       parameters and guidelines)
   8.2 Prescribing, dispensing and ordering (e-prescription
       and e-pharmacy)
   8.3 EHR (electronic health record) system
   8.4 Global comparison of market statistics
   8.5 Inventory control and purchasing
   8.6 Supply chain
   8.7 Pharmacovigilance tracking: Adverse Drug Reactions
       (ADR) recall
   8.8 Coding transparency
9 Issues in achieving an international coding system to
   fulfill business requirements
10 Recommendations for next steps
Annex A (informative) WHO Drug Dictionary
Annex B (informative) GS1
Annex C (informative) RxNORM
Annex D (informative) UNIque Identifier (UNII)
Annex E (informative) National Drug File - Reference
        Terminology (NDF-RT)
Bibliography

Abstract

Specifies: - analysing the most significant international coding systems for medicinal products in current use and within the context of the objectives that each system was designed to serve; - assessing the potential ability of each international coding system to fulfil the identified international business requirements of an international coding system for medicinal products; - considering the issues involved in producing a unified international coding system which will meet all business requirements; - recommending next steps for a unified international coding system for medicinal products.

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Published
Document Type	Standard
Status	Current
Publisher	International Organization for Standardization
Pages
ISBN
Committee	TC 215