Epocrates is perhaps the most famous application ever used in clinical
practice.
The company has grown significantly over the last few years and their
product has become a Golden standard for the clinical handheld.
The packages whether Epocrates Essentials or Epocrates Essentials Deluxe
offer an array of medical applications that ranges from drugs database to
disease info and laboratory investigations.
They were the first to create the concept of CME credits on the handheld
"Mobile CME" followed by the rival Skyscape.
The application is not pediatric specific but undoubtedly useful for the
pediatrician in many ways.
One thing which is missing from Epocrates is the availability of images to
support their disease monographs.
The platform is amazingly user friendly and individual applications are
tabbed in one single interface.
The Epocrates programs are indispensable for any pediatrician and should be
listed first on the shopping items should you choose to invest on your PDA.
Subscription: Registration is free and it allows access to free trials and email
newsletters but without specific speciality customization.
Update Policy: This is the most frequently updated software ever created
for the PDA, their drug monographs, and other contents are continuously
updated even sometimes on a weekly basis.
Free trial: Epocrates Essentials package (but not the deluxe) is offered to
new subscribers.
Support: Email, and live chat are available and effective.
Storage: Depending on the collection it may consume a considerable
memory size but fortunately their large databases like the Rx, Dx, and Sx
can be optionally installed on a memory card.
Prices: In general the product is quite expensive and is on a subscription
basis yearly or biyearly.
Epocrates
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Suggestions for
improvements
Better cross linking of
the contents (For
example the ID drugs
are not linked to Rx)
Online access to
contents other than Rx
will enable all PDAs and
mobiles to subscribe!
Little more detailed Dx
content will be great
More calculators and
tools and perhaps
transforming the Tables
into real calculators
and tools
Adding Images to
the Dx database will
greatly enhance
the look and value
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