New Dermatology Content
This past quarter and continuing through the month of September, our Medical Information editors have been focusing on dermatology medications, resulting in:
- Addition of previously requested dermatologic products
- Improvements to existing monographs for dermatologic products
- Revision of the topical corticosteroid classification system and re-categorization of the products within these 7 classes
- Addition of a new table: "Corticosteroids, Topical".
Half-life Information Coming Soon
Our editors are also in the process of incorporating half-life information into the "Excretion" field under "Other Info", in every Epocrates Rx drug monograph. They expect to complete this extensive project by the end of the year.
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Back to School!
We extend our best wishes to all students who are embarking on a new school year. We know that when you are studying, it can be a struggle to afford dinner, let alone software! We’re proud to help students get the answers they need without breaking the bank with great offers like these:
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Epocrates Certified for Consumer Privacy and Security
Epocrates is committed to ensuring your privacy and security, so we are very proud to announce that our website has been awarded the TRUSTe Privacy Seal.
TRUSTe, the leading privacy certification and seal program, awards its privacy seal only to companies that pass the TRUSTe certification process and agree to comply with ongoing TRUSTe oversight, and consumer dispute resolution procedures.
The TRUSTe Privacy Seal is a consumer-branded symbol that signifies a website has posted a privacy statement and that its information-gathering and dissemination practices address the elements of notice, choice, access, security and redress outlined in the Federal Trade Commission’s Fair Information Practices.
TRUSTe regularly monitors its seal program participants to ensure the integrity of the privacy statement.
"By becoming a TRUSTe licensee, Epocrates gives its customers a clear signal that it is trustworthy and respects the privacy wishes of the people who visit its website or use its products and services,” said Fran Maier, Executive Director and President of TRUSTe. “We are pleased to have Epocrates as part of our distinguished roster of participants in the TRUSTe Privacy Seal program."
Read Epocrates’ Privacy Statement.
About TRUSTe
TRUSTe is an independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to enabling individuals and organizations to establish trusting relationships based on respect for personal identity and information in the evolving networked world.
Founded in 1997, TRUSTe runs an award-winning global privacy certification and seal program. Its seal programs are considered Safe Harbors for the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and the EU Safe Harbor Framework. Today, TRUSTe maintains the largest privacy seal program with more than 1,400 Web sites certified throughout the world including AOL, Microsoft, IBM, Nationwide and The New York Times. TRUSTe's mission extends standards, certification and oversight into email with Bonded Sender and wireless with the Wireless Advisory Committee. For more information on TRUSTe please visit www.truste.org.
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Save Your Patients Money on Their Prescriptions
Did you know that the average copay is $9 for a generic drug, $19 for a preferred brand and $29 for a non-preferred drug?1. Looking up Epocrates formulary information before you prescribe a drug can save your patients $10-20 per prescription.
Epocrates includes free formulary information for hundreds of health plans and hospitals, and adds new ones each week. If you use Epocrates Rx (free) or any of our premium mobile or online references, you can access formularies. The more you use Epocrates formularies, the more likely it is that other health plans will make their formularies available as well. If you would like to access more formularies via Epocrates, here is what you need to do:
- Contact Your Health Plans and Hospitals
- Let the Medical Directors and Provider Relations staff in your area know that you want their formulary information added to Epocrates. Your voice counts tremendously.
- Use Your Formularies Often
- The more frequently formulary information is accessed by Epocrates users in aggregate, the easier it is for Epocrates to show a health plan or hospital that prescribers are using formularies at the point of care. For a quick tutorial, download our Formulary Tips Fact Sheet or view our product tour.
- Add More Formularies to Your PDA or Desktop
- Each week we add new formularies to Epocrates. It is easy to update your Epocrates formulary selections to add the ones you are missing. Click here to see the list of formularies in your state.
Also, remember to AutoUpdate regularly to get the latest formulary changes!
1Source: Kaiser/HRET Survey of Employer-Sponsored Health Benefits: 2003.
Unsolicited testimonial sent to Epocrates recently:
"I had a personal experience recently with my wife. She was prescribed a generic antibiotic. When I picked up the prescription, the pharmacy tech said that it was a lot to pay for the generic. I checked the formulary on Epocrates and found that for our insurance the generic was tier 3 and the brand was tier 2. I told the pharmacist the brand would be cheaper. He gave me a "yeah right!" look while the tech checked it out. My Epocrates formulary was right. I saved $15 and taught the pharmacist a lesson. It was a good night!” Joseph Toshach, M.D., Arundel, ME
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We’ve created Referral Rewards to thank you for telling your friends and colleagues about how using a mobile and Epocrates software can enhance patient care.
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Select up to 30 drugs or alternative medications (look up one at a time and tap
on it to add it to your list). Tap "Run" to search for interaction
results. If an interaction is found, the pair of drugs will be linked with a <-> symbol.
To read the description of the interaction, tap on the underlined pair.