We just launched our beta for a product to replace Epocrates:
It’s free, we’re going to be rolling out more updates and features over the year. We have medical devices on the main page, and will be adding a dedicated medical devices search engine. All data is sourced from the FDA. If you do decide to use it please notify us of any glitches.
The Ultimate goal of the platform of the platform is to replace traditional sale rep system. Its designed with priority for laptops.
It’s interesting how most of you guys use private/third party sources for this.
In my country we use government sources, like the dep of health’s BCFI (Belgian centre of Farmacotherapeutical information).
We also use the Dutch Farmatherapeutical Compass since they give a little more info or the Child formulary for paediatric dosages.
The day my pharmacy school log in no longer works for UpToDate will be a sad day.
UpToDate is the goto
Which is also pulled into UpToDate. One-stop shopping.
That is the problem with all of these. Somebody needs to send the publishers of these apps that doctors are not made of money. I can’t afford 1500 a year.
Medscape is the best free app there is. It’s essentially on par with Lexicomp as far as “at-your-fingertips” information goes, in my opinion. Medication interactions, tons of calculators, formularies, an extensive medication identifier (with imprint search), and really well written and exhaustive disease profiles. The medication identifier is really useful when I had to count the meds of dead people.
I find the interactions checker to be invaluable. 0h also the labels section - what can cut up, what can’t, what can be taken with food etc etc
Very quick and very easy to use
Yeah not available outside of NZ, Cook Islands, Niue and Tokelau. Also only has the very limited NZ drug repertoire. But it’s very good otherwise. For paediatrics I made my own calculator using NZF Paediatric Dosing | Jack of all Organs
UpToDate actually uses Lexicomp data when you search for a drug, FYI
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I too use AMH through CIAP and/or USyd website. Wish there were a dedicated app though …
I believe a few of the European countries give their citizens free access to UpToDate, I think Portugal and Norway maybe, so maybe an approach could be to connect to a Portuguese or Nordic VPN?
One of my side projects right now is to create a hacked up version of an offsite-accessible UpToDate API to access the content which absolutely violates their terms of service, but all connections go thru my med school account which we get to keep for life.
If you wind up working for an HCA hospital you’ll have free access to uptodate even on your phone.
Or use part of your CME allowance to maintain a subscription. I don’t know if CME allowance is a typical benefit for pharmacists like it is for providers.
One thing UpToDate doesn’t pull in reliably is the pediatric Lexidrugs. I always go straight to Lexicomp. Also I’m a pediatric pharmacist so I may be biased.
Lexicomp is also where my insitution has it’s formulary (which does not pull into UpToDate either).
Lexicomp app has drug interaction checker too, and IV compatibility. Not sure if UpToDate has that.
Also Micromedex is great and I like their DDI checker a bit better than Lexicomp most of the time.
If you’re not being sarcastic, check out Micromedex’s phone app. It’s $3 a year.
Sure, but i’d be willing to bet that your institution provides you with at least 1500 of ceu money a year, which is what I imagine those publishers are betting on
You do know UpToDate drug info is lexicomp, right?
Yep, NICE have done a really good job with the app and it’s handier than having to go through the physical copy of the BNF
I know a few universities dont give their students BNFs and honestly it saves students £70-odd quid for a book they’ll probably be asked to buy again in 6 months time