February 2018 RxNorm Release Available for Download

TheRxNorm February 2018 Release is now available for download and contains the last expected version of the Veterans Health Administration ’s (VHA) National Drug File-Reference Terminology (NDF-RT). The VHA plans to cease publication of NDF-RT and begin releasing Medication Reference Terminology (MED-RT) in its place in the first quarter of 2018, with the anticipated first release of MED-RT to be March 5th. The last release of NDF- RT is planned to be February 2018 which will be in the February RxNorm release and will remain in the RxNorm full monthly releases for at least six months. There are no plans to include MED-RT in RxNorm; however, MED-RT will be included in the UMLS Metathesaurus along with RxNorm and its source voca bularies.
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