Epocrates: PDA medical software

The free Epocrates Rx software for Palm OS device puts continually updated peer-reviewed drug information at your fingertips. Epocrates information has been shown to:

• Improve patient care and safety
• Save time
• Reduce administrative burden
• Enable confident clinical decisions

Our information is developed by healthcare professionals, with this edition specifically formatted for your Palm OS device.

Instantly access drug prescribing and safety information for more than 3,300 brand and generic drugs. Search for a drug by name or class; then you can review:

• Adult and pediatric dosing for FDA-approved and off-label indications
• Black box warnings, contraindications, and cautions
• Serious and common adverse reactions, and drug interactions organized by clinical category
• Safety and monitoring information, such as pregnancy risk categories, lactation safety ratings, monitoring parameters and therapeutic drug levels
• Manufacturer information, approximate retail pricing, and FDA/DEA status
• Pharmacology information, including metabolism, excretion (i.e., half-life), drug class, and mechanism of action
• Notes section for your personal notes

Additional references and tools to help you every day.

• MedMath - dozens of useful medical calculators, including STAT Cholesterol, HTN QuickRef, and IV Drip Rate
• Association guidelines and reference tables
• Optional add-ons to suit your needs

There are some things you just can't do in your head!

The powerful MultiCheck feature enables you to check for interactions among up to 30 drugs at a time.

Potential interactions are organized by clinical category to help you determine the appropriate action.

Epocrates Rx contains up-to-date, detailed formulary information for national and regional healthcare insurance formularies, including all Medicare Part D plans, and provides easy access to therapeutic alternatives.

• Download the insurance formularies you use most often.
• Quickly check to see which drugs are covered.
• Find plan-specific details on:
• Copay tiers
• Prior authorization requirements
• Quantity limits
• Step-therapy guidelines
• Search for preferred therapeutic alternatives.

It's easy to tailor Epocrates Rx to suit your needs. For example:

• Create shortcuts to your favorite features
• View your Rx lookup history
• Add the free MedTools applications you need most
• Add your own notes to a drug monograph
• Receive CME courses and DocAlert messages in your selected specialties
• Change your default screen, e.g., Default to Peds Dosing

The Epocrates Medical Information editors continually update the Rx drug database to ensure you have the most current information available, including:

• New drugs and interactions
• New indications
• Drug recalls
• Medication safety updates from the FDA, CDC, ISMP, and AHRQ
• Formulary status changes

To receive these updates, sync your mobile device while your desktop is connected to the Internet (you can also sync wirelessly).

Epocrates Rx for Palm Requirements:

• Palm OS
  Palm or Sony with Palm OS v5.0 or higher
• Computer (for syncing)
  • Windows 2000/XP/Vista with Palm Desktop 3.1 or higher
  • Mac OS X 10.3+ with Palm Desktop 4.0.1 or higher
• Minimum available memory
  5.2 MB* + 20K per free health plan formulary selected
  *1.9 MB of Epocrates Rx Pro can be installed to supported expansion (memory) cards.
• Expansion (memory) cards
  Any Secure Digital (SD), MultiMediaCard (MMC) or Mini-SD that is 8 MB or larger
• Important notes:
  
  • If you have a device with Palm's new Non Volatile File System (NVFS), note that the amount of memory required on your device is about 33% larger than specified on this page. This is a known Palm issue. Devices currently with NVFS are the Tungsten T5, Treo 650, and LifeDrive.
  • Epocrates Rx cannot be installed to computers with 64-bit processors.