What is MIMS Australia?
MIMS Australia is a leading provider of medicines information for healthcare professionals nationwide. Established from the Monthly Index of Medical Specialties, first published in the early 1960s, MIMS has developed a decades-long legacy of delivering independent, evidence-based drug information that clinicians rely on in everyday practice.
Today, through its global network, MIMS supports more than two million healthcare professionals across 17 countries, reflecting both its international reach and enduring relevance at the point of care.
How Heidi Elevates Clinical Workflow with MIMS
As a partner for Heidi’s new Evidence feature, MIMS brings its authoritative medicines into Heidi’s AI-powered workflow.
It aims to strengthen prescribing confidence, enhance medication safety, and ground clinical outputs in trusted pharmacological guidance.
Trusted Medicines Information, Built Into the Consultation
Heidi surfaces authoritative MIMS drug information directly within your workflow, so you can make prescribing decisions with confidence without switching tabs or leaving the patient.
Streamlining PBS Compliance and Dosing Validation
Seamless access to PBS restrictions and dosing guidance supports regulatory alignment, thereby lowering compliance risk and reducing the time spent navigating administrative requirements.
Strengthening Ambient Documentation with Trusted Medicines Data
When Heidi generates medication-related outputs, they're grounded in MIMS content, so your clinical notes reflect the same trusted, TGA-aligned information that Australian clinicians have relied on for over 60 years.
"MIMS has been the cornerstone of medicines information across Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) for over 60 years. Widely used across the Healthcare ecosystem, MIMS is one of the most trusted sources of drug, medicines, and clinical decision support information across ANZ. Our partnership with Heidi Evidence ensures that ANZ clinicians can access locally relevant drug information directly within their natural documentation workflow. By providing a professional, ad-free alternative to general-purpose AI, MIMS upholds the highest clinical rigor and patient safety standards that the ANZ healthcare community expects." - Robert Best, CEO, MIMS Australia and New Zealand
Embedding Trusted MIMS Data into Heidi’s Clinical Workflow
The Heidi Evidence feature brings unlimited, authoritative MIMS medicine information directly into the consultation. Let’s examine how this partnership supports prescribing decisions and verification all within a single platform.
Context-Aware Prescribing Safeguards
Medication safety intelligence is embedded directly within the consultation, so your prescribing decisions are supported by trusted pharmacological data in real time.
- Surfaces MIMS data relevant to the medication mentioned in your consultation, providing instant access to contraindications, precautions, and documented allergy risks for your review.
- Integrates relevant information, such as medication formulation and indications, seamlessly into the workflow for safer prescribing while preserving efficiency and clinical focus.
Personalised Patient Education from Authoritative Medicine Content
Patient communication is strengthened by translating detailed medical data into clear, practical resources aligned to any clinical context.
- Heidi converts MIMS Consumer Medicine Information into concise, patient-friendly summaries tailored to the specific medication and dosage you prescribe.
- Generates documentation-ready instructions that support clearer counselling, improved adherence, and accurate clinical records.
Clinician Oversight Anchored in Verified Product Information
Your clinical judgement remains central, with AI-generated outputs aligned to authoritative source material for review and validation.
- Maps medication summaries to corresponding MIMS Product Information for transparent source verification.
- Enables you to review and confirm prescribing or documentation decisions with confidence before finalising care.
Heidi’s Evidence feature is built to strengthen clinical practice by delivering answers grounded in trusted sources. Heidi’s commitment to unbiased clinical support ensures that evidence is surfaced transparently, without influence, and anchored in authoritative reference material.
“My go-to for solid clinical data in complex cases. It helps connect labs, medications, symptoms, and comorbidities into clear, logical pathways I can use in practice.” - Meg Ramstad Wallin, Holistic Nurse Practitioner
Trusted Evidence, Built Into Care with Heidi by Your Side
The partnership between Heidi Evidence and MIMS Australia speeds up manual drug searches with context-aware safety, ensuring every script is backed by the most trusted pharmacological database in the country.
- Over 14 million clinical hours saved for healthcare professionals across Australia, returning valuable time to patient care.
- Source features aligned by locality, ensuring that surfaced guidance reflects regionally relevant standards, formularies, and practice requirements.
- A+ overall satisfaction score from KLAS, highlighting strong clinician confidence in the platform.
MIMS x Heidi Evidence FAQs
Heidi Evidence draws from MIMS’ regularly maintained medicine database, ensuring updated product information, interaction data, and regulatory details aligned with current Australian standards.