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VA National Drug File
The VA National Drug File is a centrally maintained electronic drug list used by the VA hospitals and clinics. Facilities use the VA National Drug File to check drug interactions, to manage orders, and to send outpatient prescriptions to regional automated mail-out pharmacies. The VA National Drug File includes information on clinical drugs, drug classes, ingredients and National Drug Code (NDC) Directory codes.
Complete Metadata
| @type | dcat:Dataset |
|---|---|
| accessLevel | public |
| accrualPeriodicity | R/P1M |
| bureauCode |
[
"029:15"
]
|
| contactPoint |
{
"fn": "VHA Open Data",
"@type": "vcard:Contact",
"hasEmail": "mailto:vhaopendata@va.gov"
}
|
| dataQuality |
true
|
| describedBy | https://www.pbm.va.gov/PBM/nationalformulary/NDFDataStructure.pdf |
| describedByType | application/pdf |
| description | <p>The VA National Drug File is a centrally maintained electronic drug list used by the VA hospitals and clinics. Facilities use the VA National Drug File to check drug interactions, to manage orders, and to send outpatient prescriptions to regional automated mail-out pharmacies. The VA National Drug File includes information on clinical drugs, drug classes, ingredients and National Drug Code (NDC) Directory codes.</p> |
| distribution |
[
{
"@type": "dcat:Distribution",
"title": "VA Product Name List",
"mediaType": "application/vnd.ms-excel",
"downloadURL": "https://www.pbm.va.gov/nationalformulary.asp"
}
]
|
| identifier | VA-VHA-PBM-007 |
| isPartOf | VA-VHA-PBM-008 |
| issued | 2017-07-26 |
| keyword |
[
"drug",
"drug class",
"health",
"ingredients",
"ndc",
"pharmacy",
"prescription",
"va",
"veteran"
]
|
| landingPage | https://www.pbm.va.gov/nationalformulary.asp |
| language |
[
"en-US"
]
|
| license | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ |
| modified | 2020-05-15 |
| programCode |
[
"029:047"
]
|
| publisher |
{
"name": "Department of Veterans Affairs",
"@type": "org:Organization"
}
|
| temporal | 1998-10-01T04:00:00Z/2016-01-01T05:00:00Z |
| theme |
[
"Pharmacy"
]
|
| title | VA National Drug File |
