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The old system took a quantum leap forward in the early 1970s, when Dr. Barry Rumack undertook a comprehensive survey of companies marketing commercial products, asking for information on their precise chemical formulations. The response rate to this survey was overwhelmingly high, and the study effort required so much time, effort, and space that Dr. Rumack was forced to move it out of the hospital and continue it independently. He formed a company (the predecessor of Micromedex®) that produced a microfiche product including both (1) clinical information on specific toxicants and (2) precisely which commercial products contained those toxicants and in what concentrations. This combination of these two types of information had tremendous clinical utility, and the microfiche product was an instant hit. This was the original Poisindex®, which rapidly became the principal information source for most US and Canadian poison centers. In the late 1980s, the product was made available in CD-ROM format for computers and computer networks, further facilitating rapid access to the most clinically relevant parts of the database.
Drug information and poisoning management cards used by the early poison control centers were replaced by microfiche as the required database grew. The first major commercial product for this purpose was the Poisindex® (founded in 1973 by Barry H. Rumack). Although there were several other databases such as ToxiFile from Illinois and a compilation of NCHPCC cards from Detroit, they did not publish for more than a few years. Poisindex was published on microfiche in August 1974 and contained a compilation of consumer and commercial products coded to treatment algorithms (Rumack, 1975). These "managements" were written by an editorial board and covered care of exposed patients at home or in a healthcare facility. Poisindex was provided electronically for mainframe computers beginning in 1981. In 1985, Poisindex was published on CD-ROM for the first time and coupled with a personal computer. Although CD-ROM continues to be its major method of distribution, the software is also available through Internet subscription and over private intranets. Poisindex is used by all U.S. poison control centers and the majority of centers around the world. Validity of the Poisindex database has been independently verified (Wan et al., 1993). Data contained within Poisindex is provided voluntarily by consumer product, industrial, and other manufacturers and repackagers.
Barry H. Rumack, a 1960 graduate of Whitefish Bay High School, will graduate from the University of Wisconsin medical school on June 10. He received his B.S. degree from the University of Chicago in 1964. Dr. Rumack will intern at University of Denver Hospitals, a major pediatric center, and will eventually practice in adolescent pediatrics... He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Al Rumack, N. Ardmore ave.
Drug information and poisoning management cards used by the early poison control centers were replaced by microfiche as the required database grew. The first major commercial product for this purpose was the Poisindex® (founded in 1973 by Barry H. Rumack). Although there were several other databases such as ToxiFile from Illinois and a compilation of NCHPCC cards from Detroit, they did not publish for more than a few years. Poisindex was published on microfiche in August 1974 and contained a compilation of consumer and commercial products coded to treatment algorithms (Rumack, 1975). These "managements" were written by an editorial board and covered care of exposed patients at home or in a healthcare facility. Poisindex was provided electronically for mainframe computers beginning in 1981. In 1985, Poisindex was published on CD-ROM for the first time and coupled with a personal computer. Although CD-ROM continues to be its major method of distribution, the software is also available through Internet subscription and over private intranets. Poisindex is used by all U.S. poison control centers and the majority of centers around the world. Validity of the Poisindex database has been independently verified (Wan et al., 1993). Data contained within Poisindex is provided voluntarily by consumer product, industrial, and other manufacturers and repackagers.
