Drug Interaction Checker
Category: Healthcare Standards: HIPAA · Clinical pharmacy standards
Check for drug-drug and drug-food interactions with severity levels
What this node does
- Drug-drug interactions
- Drug-food interactions
- Severity classification
- Recommendations
How to use
- In the Hydra Builder, open or create a workflow
- In the node palette on the left, find Drug Interaction Checker under the Healthcare category (or use the search bar)
- Drag the node onto the canvas
- Double-click the node to open its configuration dialog
- Fill in the required parameters (see Configuration below)
- Connect the Medication List input port from an upstream node
- Connect the Detected Interactions and Severity Summary output to the next node downstream
Inputs
| Port | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medication List | array | ✓ | A list of items |
Outputs
| Port | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Detected Interactions | array | A list of items |
| Severity Summary | json | JSON data object |
Configuration
Open the configuration dialog by double-clicking the Drug Interaction Checker node on the canvas.
| Parameter | What to enter |
|---|---|
checkDrugFood | Configure checkDrugFood in the node settings |
severityFilter | Configure severityFilter in the node settings |
includeRecommendations | Configure includeRecommendations in the node settings |
When to use this node
- Check medication safety
- Pre-prescription validation
- Patient counseling
Need help configuring this node?
Go to Settings → Connectors to set up the connection this node depends on, then reference the connector ID in the node configuration dialog.