Using the dose form of drops can complicate drug terminology mapping and introduce the possibility of mapping errors.

When you search SNOMED CT for a medication such as Ibuprofen, you will find many possible matches, two of which are:

Where does a drug concept in RxNorm go when it becomes obsolete or is no longer available on the U.S. market?

When mapping a drug from your local formulary to RxNorm, you may come across two different RxNorm drug concepts with the same ingredient, strength, form and route.

Guest blog by Michael Totzke, 3M data analyst. At the AMIA 2014 convention in Washington D.C., we showcased some of our processes for mapping and maintaining RxNorm drugs into the […]