Systems and methods are described for managing drug therapeutic classinformation. For each drug, a class describing the drug at a particular levelof specificityis indicated for display and/or for use in grouping the respective drug, and adisplay nameis associated with the drug class. Thus, the user is able to select aparticular class basedon the drug's required mode of action or disease to be treated, and all drugsgroupedunder that class may be displayed to facilitate the prescribing of drugs tothe patient, Inaddition, a list of drugs taken by the patient pre-admittance and/or a list ofdrugs taken bythe patient during his/her stay at the healthcare facility may be presented tothe user ingroups according to the indicated class. Thus, the healthcare professional mayavoidduplication or omission of drugs to be prescribed to the patient, for example,upondischarge.
