Principal characteristics
Exhaustive information on drugs, personal care products, accessories, medical devices, homeopathy, nutritional products and veterinary pharmaceuticals.
Exhaustive information on generic drugs and hospital-specific drugs.
Pictures of numerous OTC products.
Functions
- Rapid drug search using 6 criteria: Brand name, Substance, Classification, Indications, Pharmaceutical Manufacturer, Appearance (Form and Color).
- Simple navigation using 2 specific thumbnails: VIDAL Monograph and Overview, providing access to the sections describing Form and Appearance, Composition, Indications, Dosages and Method of Administration, Counter-Indications, Precautions and Warnings, Interactions, Pregnancy and Breast-Feeding, Adverse Reactions, Overdoses, Drug Dynamics, Pharmacokinetics, Conservation, Prescription, Delivery and Care.
- Accessory search using a specific indication.
- Drug-drug interaction detection and alternative treatment suggestions with products in the same therapeutic class or with the same indication.
- Food-drug interaction detection (nutritional advice adapted to the patients).
- Disease coding assistant using the 3 available classifications (ICD10, ICPC and SFMG) and facilitated by the use of specific thesauruses.
- Integration of patient file information (pregnancy, breast-feeding, kidney failure, weight, age, gender, allergies, medical history, etc.).*
- Hypersensitivity, special warning and precaution management.*
- Multi-criteria searches.
- Access to various modules: Foreign Equivalences, Tox’In (database about acute poisoning) and VIDAL Patient.
- Consultation of information via cellular phone.
- Access to a wealth of useful information (immunization schedule, doping drugs, off-market products, etc.).
- Free subscription to VIDAL News (electronic newsletter on drugs).
* Functions only available via interface with medical prescription software.
VIDAL Expert is the most advanced electronic product in the VIDAL catalogue. 