How many times have we watched the news and heard about dangerous drug interactions that cost people their lives or their health only to discover that the interaction was already known? How many times have we shook our head in disbelief over the senselessness of such mistakes in the year 2011? Well, a company based in California, Epocrates, has found an innovative and easy way to reduce and hopefully eliminate dangerous drug mistakes by doctors and pharmacies. We all know that doctors have never been able to fully memorized dosage information (how could they!?), interactions, and side effects for every drug -- but now they don't need to, thanks to Epocrates's easy-to-use drug-reference program for mobiles and laptops. The program allows medical professionals to make smart prescribing decisions with the click of a button.
Epocrates was selected as one of the world's 50 Most Innovative Companies as a result of its mobile drug reference and it is currently in the final stages of development and implementation of its mobile and web-based EHR system for solo and small group practice physicia
ns. More than one million healthcare professionals, including more than 45 percent of U.S. physicians, actively use Epocrates products on mobile devices such as iPhone/iPod touch, Android, BlackBerry, and Palm. In fact, I asked my own doctor if he uses the program and he had a glowing recommendation: "When I am in front of patients, I can get information in a split second," says Dr. Ricky Hsu, lead physician at a large medical practice in Manhattan. Last year, Epocrates said that it's developing a platform to give doctors access to patients' electronic health records, supplying them with even more instant information and data for making sound treatment recommendations.
Epocrates was selected as one of the world's 50 Most Innovative Companies as a result of its mobile drug reference and it is currently in the final stages of development and implementation of its mobile and web-based EHR system for solo and small group practice physicia
ns. More than one million healthcare professionals, including more than 45 percent of U.S. physicians, actively use Epocrates products on mobile devices such as iPhone/iPod touch, Android, BlackBerry, and Palm. In fact, I asked my own doctor if he uses the program and he had a glowing recommendation: "When I am in front of patients, I can get information in a split second," says Dr. Ricky Hsu, lead physician at a large medical practice in Manhattan. Last year, Epocrates said that it's developing a platform to give doctors access to patients' electronic health records, supplying them with even more instant information and data for making sound treatment recommendations.For more information on the company and its products, click here.
