Pharmaceutical Knowledge Base
Galen Medicines (www.galinos.gr) is the most popular online reference for all matters regarding human pharmacology in Greece. Its concise presentation of information, blazing fast search function and innovative features make it an indispensable tool for doctors, pharmacists and other health professionals. Thanks to Galen, medical practitioners can investigate complex cases, make swift, evidence-based decisions and uncover valuable insights related to medication treatments.
Consistent, Evidence-based Content
As a comprehensive, up-to-date source of pharmaceutical content, Galen provides information about more than 7.200 drugs, over-the-counter medicines and food supplements. Its novelty lies into its underlying data representation: international coding standards (ICD-10, ATC, SNOMED-CT, etc) are being leveraged to represent knowledge in a terse, deeply linked structure.
- Active ingredients, brand names and packaging
- Summary of Product Characteristics
- Indications and treatment regimen
- Contraindications, interactions and adverse reactions
- Administrative information and pricing
- Prescribing instructions
- Pregnancy/Lactation-specific data
- Molecular structure
- Medical, pharmaceutical and chemical classifications
Galen Medicine's data consist the groundwork for Ergobyte's commercial products, as well as for a great number of research projects.
Medication Decision Support
Implements machine learning to check the co-administration of substances against patient's medical condition and propose the appropriate medicine and dosage scheme. The English version of the DSS is called “RxReasoner”.
RxReasoner comprises two tools: the Cross-check and the Recommender, which are publicly available at rxreasoner.com. Thousands of physicians and pharmacists run checks on a daily basis. Moreover, being integrated with existing software solutions, such as EMRs and HISs, it provides doctors with guidance at the time they need it the most.
By having health professionals use RxReasoner on a day-to-day basis, we have recorded measurably improved patient outcomes, lower treatment costs, and increased physician efficiency.
Highlights
- 3.700 Active Ingredients
- 60K Users Daily
- 42M Pageviews Annually