| AMP | Actual Medicinal Product | An Actual Medicinal Product (AMP) is a single dose unit of a finished dose form (unless the product is presented as a continuous dosage form), attributable to an identified supplier that contains a specified amount of an ingredient substance, e.g. Atenolol 100mg tablets (Almus Pharmaceuticals Ltd). |
| API | Application Programming Interface | An application programming interface is a way for two or more computer programs or components to communicate with each other. It is a type of software interface, offering a service to other pieces of software. |
| - | Bands / Banding | Banding, within the scope of this document, denotes the spectrum of patient attributes, encompassing factors like age, weight, and body surface area, which establish criteria for determining which patients should be prescribed particular medications, under what circumstances, and at what dosage levels. |
| BSA | Body Surface Area | A measurement of the total surface area of the body of a patient. |
| - | Client | A commercial user of any variant of Touchdose. |
| CDS | Clinical decision support | Clinical decision support involves computer-based tools that assist healthcare professionals in making informed decisions by providing relevant patient-specific information and recommendations. |
| - | Clinical End User | A clinician interacting with Touchdose. |
| - | Condition | In the context of this document, a clinical condition (otherwise known as an Indication) which makes a particular treatment advisable. |
| - | Device | Touchdose |
| - | Dosium | The manufacturer of Touchdose. |
| AdjBW | Adjusted Body Weight | Adjusted body weight (AdjBW) is an alternative body weight scalar that may be used in obese patients when required by the underlying formulary. |
| EHR | Electronic Health Record | The system that holds a patient's clinical record, from which Touchdose can retrieve patient observations such as weight, height and creatinine when integrated. |
| EPMA | Electronic Prescribing and Medicine Administration | Electronic Prescribing and Medicine Administration (EPMA) is a system that digitally facilitates the prescription, dispensing, and administration of medications within healthcare settings. It encompasses electronic processes for prescribing medications, transmitting prescriptions to pharmacies, managing medication orders, and tracking medication administration to patients. |
| EP System | Electronic prescribing system | An electronic prescribing system (EPS) is a digital platform used by healthcare professionals to create, transmit, and manage prescriptions for medications. It replaces traditional paper-based methods by allowing prescribers to electronically generate and send prescriptions directly to pharmacies or dispensing units. |
| - | Formulary | In the context of this document, a formulary refers to medication content that Touchdose interfaces onto to provide dosing recommendations. |
| IBW | Ideal Body Weight | Ideal body weight (IBW) is a way to estimate the weight of a patient if their weight was ‘ideal’ based on age, height or another factor. |
| - | Indication | Another term for 'Condition', the medical condition a medicine is used to treat. |
| - | In-order launch | A launch of Touchdose from within an active medication ordering workflow in the EP System, in which the medication context is already set. From an in-order launch, where supported by the integration, Touchdose can write the resulting dose recommendation back into the EP System's pre-signature order form (see Order writeback). |
| - | Intermittent dose | Medication doses that are not given continuously. |
| - | Observation writeback | The action of writing patient observations entered within Touchdose — for example, weight or height — back into the patient's record in the EHR. Availability depends on the integration. Distinct from Order writeback. |
| - | Order writeback | The action of transferring a dose recommendation built within Touchdose into the EP System's pre-signature order form for the clinician to review, complete, and sign. Availability depends on the integration and the launch context. Distinct from Observation writeback. |
| - | Patient-context launch | A launch of Touchdose from within the EP System in which patient context is available but no medication order context is set. From a patient-context launch the clinician selects the medication and indication within Touchdose; order writeback into the EP System's order form is not available from this launch context. |
| - | Relative dose | A dose expressed in terms of a patient parameter e.g., 'X mg/kg' or 'X mcg/m2' |
| - | Standalone | A use of Touchdose in which it is not integrated with an EHR. In a standalone deployment, patient data is entered manually by the clinician, and neither order writeback nor observation writeback is available. |
| TBW | Total Body Weight | The weight of a patient |
| VMP | Virtual medicinal product | A Virtual Medicinal Product (VMP) is an abstract concept representing the properties of one or more clinically equivalent Actual Medicinal Products, where clinical is defined as relating to the course of a disease. A virtual medicinal product (VMP) is an abstract concept representing a template of the properties which constitute one or more actual medicinal products. The VMP describes a generic product without supplier or trade name information", e.g. Paracetamol 500mg tablets |
| VTM | Virtual Therapeutic Moiety | A Virtual Therapeutic Moiety (VTM) is the abstract representation of the substance(s), formulated as a medicinal product, intended by an authorising health care professional for use in the treatment of the patient. The virtual therapeutic moiety (VTM) is the abstract conceptual representation of the material defining the prescriber's therapeutic intent, divorced from formulation, dose or strength. Examples of VTMs include: atenolol or paracetamol. |
| WCGA | Weeks corrected gestational age | Weeks corrected gestational age is the age of a premature baby adjusted for the number of weeks born before reaching full-term. It helps assess developmental milestones based on the equivalent time spent in the womb. |