Epocrates: PDA medical software

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Epocrates Online provides continually updated drug and formulary information from any Internet-connected computer. Epocrates products have been demonstrated to:

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

Our information is developed by healthcare professionals, and specifically formatted for the web.

Read on to learn about features and content

Drug Information

Instantly access drug prescribing and safety information for more than 3,300 brand and generic drugs

Search for a drug by name, first letter, or class, and then review:

• Adult and pediatric dosing for FDA-approved and off-label indications, with links from the indications to the Dx tab, and from the dose to an integrated weight-based dosing calculator, where applicable
• Black box warnings, contraindications, and cautions
• Serious and common adverse reactions and drug interactions (organized by clinical category)

Drug Information (continued)

• 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
• Full-color pill pictures
• Patient education handouts in English and Spanish

Patient Education

Your patients and caregivers will appreciate you printing these friendly medication handouts in English and Spanish. Each handout addresses common concerns such as:

• How to take the medication
• Possible side effects
• What the medication looks like

Plus, confirm your patients are taking the right drug at the proper dosage, or show them what their prescription will look like, by reviewing full-color images of their medications.

MultiCheck

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

The powerful MultiCheck feature enables you to check for interactions among as many
as 50 drugs and alternative medicines at a time.

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

Formulary Information

Epocrates Online 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.

• Select 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, and step-therapy guidelines
• Search for preferred therapeutic alternatives.

Alternative Medicines

More and more patients are taking alternative (herbal) medicines and dietary supplements. Epocrates Online includes thoroughly researched, scientifically based information on over 450 alternative medicines, including:

• Reported Uses
• Reported Doses
• Drug Interactions
• Cautions
• Adverse Reactions
• Synonyms

Pill Identifier

The next time you encounter a “brown bag” of unidentified prescriptions, or need to ID a drug in an emergency situation, be sure to turn to the Epocrates Online pill identifier.

Simply enter a pill’s characteristics (color/shape/coating/clarity/score) or imprint code to instantly view images of any matching drugs.

Clinical Tables

The Tables tab provides a wealth of clinical tables and specialty guidelines for your quick reference, such as:

• ACLS/PALS guidelines
• Narcotic equivalents
• Endocarditis prophylaxis
• Hypertension guidelines
• Statin comparisons
• Vaccination schedules
• Inhaler Colors
• Normal lab values
• And much, much more

MedCalc

Save time performing common calculations and make confident clinical decisions with the robust MedCalc feature.

Hundreds of calculators organized by specialty include:

• Medical equations
• Dose/unit converters
• Decision tree analysis tools
• Clinical criteria sets

Print/Email

Share Epocrates clinical information with your colleagues and patients. Now you can easily print Epocrates information, or email up to five people at once. Choose from:

• Drug and alternative medicine monographs
• Drug interactions
• Patient education handouts
• Pill pictures
• Clinical tables and guidelines

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