COMPARATIVE-EVALUATION OF FRENCH DRUG DAT A-BANKS

We proposed a set of 9 criteria to evaluate computerized French drug d ata banks currently available on the Minitel, medical software, or the Web. These criteria are used for testing the scientific quality of th e information provided in terms of reliability and completeness. They round off the nine criteria proposed in a previous study for sole drug interactions. None of the drug data banks is better than the others o n all the selected dimensions. But the methodology presented should al low a particular user with defined needs to weigh up the criteria and optimize his choice.