Epocrates: PDA medical software

Overview

This all-in-one clinical reference suite is Epocrates' most popular premium product. It provides you with searchable drug & disease monographs and diagnostic tools.

Plus, you can customize your homepage for quick access to the features you use most frequently. Check out the "Extras" tab for even more features, like Contact Manufacturer. You'll be able to connect directly to drug manufacturers for product-related questions, to report adverse events, or to learn about patient assistance programs.

Drug Information

Review drug prescribing and safety information for thousands of brand, generic, alternative, and OTC drugs:

• Adult and pediatric dosing for FDA-approved and off-label indications.
• Black box warnings, adverse reactions, drug interactions, and more.
• National and regional healthcare insurance formularies.
• Direct access to many manufacturers by phone or email for answers to your critical prescribing questions.
• Approximate retail drug pricing for patients paying out-of-pocket.
• Pregnancy risk categories, lactation safety ratings, monitoring parameters and therapeutic drug levels.
• DEA/FDA status
• Metabolism, excretion, drug class, and mechanism of action

The Epocrates OTC drug module provides the latest information on hundreds of brand name over-the-counter drugs. Each product-specific monograph answers questions such as:

• What are the active ingredients and their uses?
• What's the dose for my patient's age?
• What flavors are available?
• Does the product contain alcohol, sugar, or dyes?
• Will it interact with prescription and herbal medications?
• Is there another product with the same active ingredients, but in a chewable or liquid form? 
• My patient needs an analgesic, an antihistamine, and an antitussive; is there one product with all of these?
• Is this product covered by my patient's health insurance?

See our OTC module in action »

Extras

EssentialPoints activities are interactive product details, designed to keep you current on medical topics such as disease states, therapeutic areas, and treatment options.

Contact Manufacturer connects you directly to the drug manufacturer for product-related questions, to report adverse events, or to learn about patient assistance programs.

Mobile Resource Centers offer clinicians useful, up-to-date medical news and scientific abstracts, selected by a Contributing Editor who is a leading researcher or expert in the field.

Epocrates CME offers accredited clinical practice activities for health professionals on your iPhone and online.

Manufacturer resources from the manufacturer such as prescribing information and patient literature can be viewed in a convenient, mobile-optimized format.

Pill ID

Identify a pill based on physical characteristics (i.e., color, shape) and/or imprint code.

• Select characteristics to view drug names and images
• Tap on a drug image to enlarge the picture

Drug Interactions

Check for potentially harmful drug-drug interactions between up to 30 drugs at a time including brand, generic, alternative, and OTC drugs. Potential interactions are organized by category to help you determine the appropriate action.

Our interaction logic goes beyond prescribing information to incorporate research that factors attributes such as inhibition potency, substrate exclusivity, and therapeutic index to determine clinical significance.

Disease Information

Consult in-depth, peer-reviewed disease content developed in collaboration with the BMJ Group, publishers of the British Medical Journal:

• History and exam, including risk and diagnostic factors
• Test categorizes include Initial Tests, Tests to Consider, and Emerging Tests
• Differential diagnosis with links to respective disease and condition topics
• Evidence-based treatment options searchable by patient group and compiled from clinical references and disease state management guidelines
• Follow-up, including monitoring, patient instructions, and complications

Also includes, infectious Disease treatment guidelines:

• Search by infection, bug/bug class, or drug/drug class
• Access empiric and specific treatment recommendations
• Tap on a drug name to view its complete monograph

Epocrates ID gives you treatment guidelines for hundreds of infectious diseases

• Search by infection, bug/bug class, or drug/drug class
• Access empiric and specific treatment recommendations in seconds
• Tap on a drug name to link to the drug monograph

Diagnostic/Lab Tests

Get help with hundreds of lab tests and panels:

• Interpretation, based on high/low abnormal value, which provides differential diagnosis of drug, disease, and spurious causes.
• Integrated drug and disease information and follow-up recommendations
• Reference ranges, preparation and collection guides
• Approximate test cost and commonly associated ICD-9s.

App Directory

Access a wide variety of best-in-class free and paid clinical references, imaging atlases, calculators, dosing tools, and other resources directly within your Epocrates app.

• Interactive anatomy and imaging atlases, board prep question banks and more based on world class print and digital titles
• Calculators, dosing tools, and other apps to assist you at the point-of-care
• Disease-specific resource centers featuring up-to-date medical news and scientific abstracts, selected by Contributing Editors who are leading researchers or experts in the field.

Mobile Sample Closet

Order free literature and drug samples in seconds, directly from your Epocrates app. Offers from participating pharmaceutical companies and other healthcare organizations are available to view anytime. Select only what you want, complete your request in minutes, and have your samples and literature shipped directly to you.

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Requirements

Epocrates Essentials for iPhone / iPod touch / iPad Requirements

• iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad
  Apple iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad with OS 3.1.3 or newer
• Minimum available memory
  18 MB + 20K per free health plan formulary selected
• Important notes:
• Wireless connection required