Epocrates: PDA medical software

You've heard about it from your colleagues. Yes, it includes monographs for more than 3,500 drugs. Yes, it's updated at least once a week. And yes, it really is free!

Instantly access drug prescribing and safety information for more than 3,500 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
• Approximate retail drug pricing for patients paying out-of-pocket
• Safety and monitoring information, such as pregnancy risk categories, lactation safety ratings, monitoring parameters and therapeutic drug levels
• Manufacturing information including DEA/FDA status
• Pharmacology information, including metabolism, excretion, 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, BMI & Obesity, and Opioid Analgesic Converter
• 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 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.

• Select and 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 Windows Mobile/Pocket PC Requirements

• Windows Mobile / Pocket PC
  Supported device with
  • Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0, 6 or;
  • Microsoft Pocket PC 2003, 2003 SE
• Computer (for syncing)
  • Windows 2000/XP with ActiveSync 3.7 or higher or;
  • Windows Vista with Windows Mobile Device Center 6
  • Using a Mac?
    • Please note that this product is compatible for Windows Mobile devices syncing to a Windows computer. However, if you use a Mac, you can still install if you have a wireless handheld device and choose the wireless installation.
• Minimum available memory
  4.9 MB* + 20K per free health plan formulary selected
  *2.6 MB of Epocrates Rx 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:
  
  • Epocrates Rx cannot be installed to computers with 64-bit processors.