FAQ

What is MIMS Web Services?

MIMS Web Services are intelligent APIs for medicine information and clinical decision making. Use MIMS Web Services in your medical or pharmacy software to facilitate accurate medication prescribing and dispensing, search for medicines or PBS subsidy information, perform drug interaction and allergy screening, and many more.

Why use MIMS Web Services?

MIMS incorporated a modern modular design to the Web Services so that you can implement the features you need immediately and grow that integration as your needs evolved. This allows you to focus on the application development without worrying about the underlying data structure, and data integrity. You can deploy the MIMS drug knowledge via Web Services in weeks rather than in months.

What contents are currently available in MIMS Web Services?

Designed to adapt to the needs of both prescribing workflow and software development, MIMS Web Services deliver drug knowledge and clinical screening capabilities.

  • Drug Search/Drug List
    • Useful as picklists to facilitate accurate medication ordering
  • Detailed information on trade product and generic product concepts
    • Flexibly represent and query drugs by trade product or generic/virtual product concepts
  • Monographs
    • Abbreviated and Full Product Information (PI)
    • Consumer Medicines Information (CMI)
  • Supplementary Flags
    • Black Triangle Scheme, Real-time Prescription Monitoring, Gluten-free
  • Drug Product Images
    • With over 3400 images, this is the most comprehensive drug image database in the country
  • Clinical Decision Support Modules
    • Drug Interaction Alert
    • Drug Allergy Alert
    • Drug Health Alert
    • Drug Duplicate Alert

Where is MIMS Web Services hosted in the cloud?

MIMS Web Services are hosted on Microsoft Azure cloud computing platform. The Australian instance is hosted domestically to help meet your network security and data sovereignty requirements.

Are these RESTful APIs?

Yes, MIMS Web Services are RESTful APIs that provide JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) responses in real-time.

Will I get the latest up to date data instantaneously?

Yes, data in the production environment will always be the latest version available. MIMS will consolidate and manage all the updates, testing, and data embargo requirements.

Do I have to download data?

No, you will no longer need to download any data, or maintain any database saving you time and DevOp resources.

What are the price plans for MIMS Web Services?

To learn more, get in touch with your MIMS Account Manager or email api@mims.com.au –

How do I get access to MIMS Web Services?

To begin integration, get in touch your MIMS Account Manager or email api@mims.com.au.