Thursday, April 24, 2008

Online drug reference

We seldom see doctors as those people who knows much about technology. Most of the clinics are without computers, only a few doctors practice storing their patients information into the computer. Don't be surprised if you walks in into a clinic one day and you see the doctor holding a PDA or smartphone or Internet connected laptop and desktop to access information needed when make prescribing decisions.

Yes no kidding. There are over 500,000 healthcare professionals using Epocrates medical reference software to access information needed when they decide on which presciption to give to the patient. They rely on the online drug reference to give them information such as drug dosing, side effects and health plan coverage. Who says doctors are outdated?

** This announcement was paid for by Epocrates. **

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