Epocrates: PDA medical software

• 55% of U.S. physicians currently use a mobile device, including a personal digital assistant (PDA) or smartphone, in practice. (Manhattan Research, 2006)
• Physicians report using Epocrates clinical reference products on their PDAs six or more times a day (JAMIA, 2006)

Do you agree/disagree that clinicians who use PDA software provide better quality of care and improved patient safety than non-PDA users? (n=3,828 physicians)

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• 55% of U.S. physicians currently use a mobile device, including a personal digital assistant (PDA) or smartphone, in practice. (Manhattan Research, 2006)
• Physicians report using Epocrates clinical reference products on their PDAs six or more times a day (JAMIA, 2006)
• Epocrates is actively used by more than 500,000 healthcare professionals, including 1 in 4 U.S. physicians.
• 28% of medical schools require students to have PDAs (Liaison Committee on Medical Education, 2005)
• 65% of physicians who use PDAs say they use them to check medications (American Medical Association and Forrester Research Inc., 2005)
• The current overall PDA adoption rate for individual professional use ranges between 45% and 85% (Chalmers Research Group/Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, 2006)
• The majority of physicians feel using a PDA helps improve patient safety (Epocrates, 2007)

Do you agree/disagree that clinicians who use PDA software provide better quality of care and improved patient safety than non-PDA users? (n=3,828 physicians)

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• The number of serious adverse drug events reported to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has more than doubled between 1998 and 2005. (Archives of Internal Medicine, 2007)
• The number of fatal drug events between 1998 and 2005 went up from 5,519 to 15,107, a 270 percent increase. (Archives of Internal Medicine, 2007)

How many medical errors or adverse drug events (ADEs) does Epocrates help you avoid each week? (n=3,828 physicians)

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• The number of serious adverse drug events reported to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has more than doubled between 1998 and 2005. (Archives of Internal Medicine, 2007)
• The number of fatal drug events between 1998 and 2005 went up from 5,519 to 15,107, a 270 percent increase. (Archives of Internal Medicine, 2007)
• Medication errors are among the most common medical errors, harming at least 1.5 million people every year (Institute of Medicine, 2006)
• 400,000 preventable drug-related injuries occur each year in hospitals. Another 800,000 occur in long-term care settings and roughly 530,000 occur among Medicare recipients in outpatient clinics (Institute of Medicine, 2006).
• More than 60% of physicians believed that using the Epocrates Rx drug reference reduced the likelihood of an adverse drug event or medication error three or more times in the prior month (Brigham and Women's Hospital, 2005).
• Over half of physicians report avoiding at least 1 medical error a week (Epocrates, 2007)

How many medical errors or adverse drug events (ADEs) does Epocrates help you avoid each week? (n=3,828 physicians)

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