SAN MATEO, CALIF., February 27, 2007
Epocrates Launches Two New Mobile Medical Applications
Clinicians Benefit from Easy Access to Coding Reference and Medical Dictionary
As part of an ongoing effort to provide healthcare professionals with valuable clinical information at the point of care, Epocrates, Inc. today announced the launch of two new mobile applications. The company’s new ICD-9/CPT® reference helps clinicians quickly identify procedural and diagnostic billing codes, while the medical dictionary enables users to reference over 100,000 medical terms within seconds.
“I have relied on Epocrates for years to provide dependable, high quality and relevant software that allows me to take better care of my patients. Now with these new applications, I can also rely on Epocrates to help me become more efficient by giving me access to codes instantly and being able to look up unfamiliar terms when needed," said Dan Diamond, MD.
The Epocrates Medical Dictionary allows healthcare professionals to quickly access medical terms and eponyms on their mobile devices. The new product incorporates content from Stedman’s Medical Dictionary 28th Edition into a user-friendly format that utilizes significantly less memory than many other reference applications.
“Today more than 500,000 healthcare professionals trust Epocrates for up-to-date clinical information. The introduction of these new products is a direct result of feedback and support from our loyal customers. We believe these new products will help our users practice more efficiently and also help us drive new user growth,” said Kirk Loevner, chairman and chief executive officer of Epocrates.
The two new products are also available as part of Epocrates Essentials Deluxe, which combines all of Epocrates' premium drug, disease and diagnostic information into a single suite. This provides clinicians with decision support throughout the entire patient encounter – from examination to treatment to billing. For more information on all Epocrates products, visit www.epocrates.com/products.
“Stedman’s Medical Dictionary 28th Edition” is a publication of Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Copyright 2005, all rights reserved.
CPT copyright 2005 American Medical Association. All rights reserved.
CONTACTS: Erica Sniad Morgenstern Epocrates Public Relations PHONE: (650) 227-6907 E-MAIL: pr@epocrates.com WEB: www.epocrates.com