Drug interaction screening tool made available to physicians
The Turkish-language drug interaction module added to DOKGPT lists potential interactions in patients on multiple medications on a single screen for the physician. The module is free for verified members.
Highlights
- By entering drug names in Turkish, physicians see pairwise and multiple-drug interactions on a single screen.
- For each interaction, the clinical significance and the recommended approach are shown together with the source.
- The module is included in DOKGPT's free use.
- The aim is to support prescription safety, particularly in older patients on multiple medications.
Istanbul, 10 March 2025 – DoktorClub has added a Turkish-language drug interaction screening module to DOKGPT, its artificial intelligence assistant exclusively for physicians. By entering the medications a patient uses by their Turkish names, physicians can see potential interactions, their level of clinical significance and the recommended approach on a single screen.
The module aims to save physicians time, particularly when assessing patients who have more than one chronic disease and use many medications. Interaction information is given together with links to the sources it is based on.
“We see older patients coming to the outpatient clinic using five, six, sometimes ten different medications. Some of these medications have been prescribed by colleagues from different specialties. Every minute spent checking for interactions comes out of the time spent with the patient. With this module, we wanted to bring that check down to seconds. Still, the warning on the screen is a starting point; it is the physician who assesses the patient’s clinical condition.”
Dr. Hamza GemiciMedical Director, DoktorClubHow does the module work?
- Drug names or active ingredients are entered in Turkish.
- The system ranks pairwise and multiple-drug interactions by level of clinical significance.
- For each interaction, the mechanism, possible outcome and recommended approach are summarized.
- The source relied on is shown below the summary.
“When we opened DOKGPT, the most frequent request from physicians was drug interactions. Our product roadmap is always shaped by physicians' real day-to-day needs. We included this module in free use as well, because prescription safety is not a privilege but a basic need.”
Gökçe YaraşanFounder & CEO, DoktorClubWho can use it?
The module is open to all DoktorClub members with activation approval who have access to DOKGPT and is included in free use.
Physicians who are not DoktorClub members can apply free of charge at doktorclub.com/register, and medical students and interns can apply free of charge with student membership.
About DOKGPT
DOKGPT is DoktorClub's artificial intelligence assistant exclusively for physicians. It is open only to members with activation approval; it answers clinical questions in Turkish, citing sources, and works together with DoktorClub's medical calculators and drug interaction module. DOKGPT is a decision support tool; it does not replace diagnosis and treatment decisions. Under the terms of use, information identifying the patient is not entered into the system.
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About DoktorClub
DoktorClub is a free digital platform exclusively for physicians, with verified membership, founded in 2013 by Gökçe Yaraşan. With more than 116,000 members across all 81 provinces, it is Türkiye’s largest digital physician community; more than 94,500 members are physicians with a registered specialty and more than 21,700 are medical students and interns. Under a single account, the platform offers physician-reviewed health news, DoktorClub Academy continuing medical education, a congress calendar, a question bank for TUS (Türkiye’s medical specialty entrance exam), medical calculators and DOKGPT, an AI assistant built for physicians. Held since 2017, the DoktorClub Awards are Türkiye’s health awards, with winners chosen by the votes of the platform’s physician members. DoktorClub is operated by Mobisera Bilişim İç ve Dış Ticaret Ltd. Şti. doktorclub.com
Press contact
Erguvan İletişim Danışmanlığı · Arzu Törün · arzutorun@erguvaniletisim.com.tr, info@erguvaniletisim.com.tr · +90 212 263 13 03
Dr. Hamza Gemici · Medical Director · hamza.gemici@doktorclub.com
Source: doktorclub.com/en/press-center/drug-interaction-checker-launched