What is VIDAL?
VIDAL is Europe’s premier clinical information and decision systems provider, widely recognized as the gold standard for pharmacological data.
Its databases include over 200,000 health product references, therapeutic decision pathways, risk analysis tools, and AI-supported prescribing aids.
Delivered via web, mobile, and API integrations across more than 280 clinical software systems, VIDAL supports safe prescribing and therapeutic decision-making for nearly all France-based clinicians, pharmacists, and over 90% of hospitals.
What the VIDAL and Heidi Evidence Partnership Means in Clinical Practice
VIDAL acts as a territory-specific medicines reference, enhancing the newly launched Heidi Evidence feature with trusted, locally relevant drug information that is transparent, evidence-based, and easy to verify.
Localised Regulatory Compliance
VIDAL reflects French regulatory standards, approved indications, and national prescribing guidance.
Within the Heidi platform, this ensures clinicians receive answers aligned with local practice requirements, supporting confident and compliant decision-making.
Pharmacological Safety at the Source
The Evidence workflow embeds trusted pharmacological data directly alongside documentation.
Through this feature, clinicians can shape care around their practice by making prescribing decisions with confidence, supported by proven evidence.
Reduced Reliance on Unverified AI Summaries
Instead of sifting through unverified AI summaries and scattered online resources, clinicians receive responses grounded in established medical references.
With direct access to cited sources, they can quickly review the underlying evidence and confidently validate the accuracy all within the Heidi platform.
"Clinical intelligence is not just about data: it takes on its full meaning when it integrates directly into the tools that healthcare professionals use every day. This is the core of VIDAL's strategy, through our own clinical AI solutions and by making our data and APIs available to players in the ecosystem, as is the case here with Heidi. Thanks to our therapeutic knowledge model, which is unique in Europe and includes both medication and clinical recommendations, we provide Heidi Evidence with a database reliable, up-to-date and with high accuracy. The integration of our APIs enables healthcare professionals to have ever more efficient and secure digital tools." Dr Olivier Cuvillier - Medical Director VIDAL
How Heidi Evidence and VIDAL Improve Clinician Workflow
Heidi Evidence and VIDAL work in tandem to streamline your workflow. Below is how this enhances your practice and supports safer, more efficient decision-making in everyday practice:
Iterative Clinical Questioning
Refine or expand your medicines query in real time without starting over, reflecting how decisions evolve during a consultation.
- Narrow results to a specific patient group or clinical scenario.
- Adjust dosing queries based on comorbidities or risk factors.
Saved Evidence for Ongoing Care
Your medicine-related questions and answers are stored in Evidence history, allowing continuity across follow-ups and case reviews.
- Revisit prior prescribing decisions for chronic or complex patients.
- Build a searchable reference trail to support long-term management.
Customisable Evidence Library
Use the Library feature to align Evidence responses with your organisation’s approved documents and preferred sources.
- Upload and prioritise local protocols or internal guidelines
- Shape responses to reflect practice or hospital-level governance standards.
Heidi designed Evidence to strengthen the foundation of clinical care by grounding decisions in trusted, transparent, and verifiable sources. Clinicians remain the final decision-makers, applying essential context to every action, even with AI integration.
“Clear, well-structured outputs that I can apply immediately. I particularly value the traceable sources and hyperlinks, which make verification fast and transparent.” Dr Pierre Dubois, Chiropractor
Let Evidence Guide Care with Heidi
Traditional clinical decision support tools often feel like an interruption. By partnering with VIDAL, Heidi brings the evidence to the clinician, eliminating the need to search across multiple external sources.
- Powering Clinical Work at Scale - Heidi supports over 17,000 weekly consults in France, making everyday clinical work more efficient for healthcare providers.
- Strengthening Documentation with Evidence - Support documentation with citation-backed evidence that can inform clinical notes and rationale for prescribing decisions.
- Verify at a Glance - Access transparent, inline citations that allow you to verify clinical statements instantly.
VIDAL x Heidi Evidence FAQs
Updates are delivered via API as VIDAL publishes them, ensuring clinicians have access to current, reliable medicines information.