Pillbox: A Solid Dosage Medication Identification Tool

Emily Vardell; David Goolabsingh; Vedana Vaidhyanathan

doi:10.1080/02763869.2011.609070

Pillbox: A Solid Dosage Medication Identification Tool

Emily Vardell, David Goolabsingh, Vedana Vaidhyanathan

Health Informatics

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Abstract

Pillbox is a tool that can be used to rapidly identify solid dosage medications. The database, created and maintained by the National Library of Medicine with the support of the Food and Drug Administration, seeks to enhance patient safety through the identification of solid dosage medication. Users enter physical characteristics of a medication, possible matches are provided, and links to additional resources are offered. A comparison with comparable resources was conducted, and future enhancements to Pillbox are discussed.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	382-392
Number of pages	11
Journal	Medical Reference Services Quarterly
Volume	30
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/02763869.2011.609070
State	Published - Oct 1 2011

Keywords

Drug information services
image databases
online databases
pill identifier
pillbox

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Health Informatics
Library and Information Sciences

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