PatientKeeper and ePocrates Deliver Patient Data and Clinical Decision Support Tools at the Point of Care
Clinicians Can Now Access ePocrates' Widely Used Drug Reference Applications via
the PatientKeeper Reference Library
BOSTON, MA and SAN MATEO, CA – August 17, 2004 – PatientKeeper® Inc., a leading provider of mobile computing solutions for healthcare, and ePocrates, the leading provider of mobile clinical reference applications, today announced that physicians and other healthcare professionals using the PatientKeeper Reference Library™ will now be able to access ePocrates drug reference applications while viewing a specific patient's information. The PatientKeeper Reference Library links patient information – such as medication lists, diagnosis code, lab panels, etc. – to the depth of knowledge available in clinical decision support tools through third parties.
"PatientKeeper and ePocrates are the recognized leaders in their respective fields, widely used by clinicians in a range of specialties and settings. Now, by directly linking patient information with the ePocrates references means more informed decisions and better patient care," said Deepak Khuntia, MD, University of Wisconsin Medical School.
With the PatientKeeper Reference Library, clinicians like Khuntia can access medical references within the context of a specific patient's relevant data quickly and conveniently from their mobile computer. For example, clinicians viewing a patient's active medication list will now be able to access ePocrates trusted and up-to-date drug monograph while in that specific list.
"The amount of drug reference information that physicians must keep track of continues to grow at an impressive rate," said Paul W. Brient, president and CEO at PatientKeeper. "Our partnership with ePocrates is important because of its popularity with physicians. ePocrates provides one of the most respected and trusted drug references available."
With more than 350,000 healthcare professionals subscribing to its handheld applications, including 20 percent of practicing U.S. physicians, ePocrates has established itself as the leading provider of clinical reference information at the point of care, and is strengthening its position through partnerships with mobile technology providers such as PatientKeeper.
"When you combine ePocrates' best-in-class mobile clinical decision support tools that seamlessly integrate drug, disease and lab diagnostic references with the detailed patient-specific information delivered by PatientKeeper, physicians and other healthcare professionals truly have an all-in-one solution available where they need it most – right at the point of care," said ePocrates CEO Kirk Loevner.
In fact, results of a recent survey reported in the American Journal of Medicine suggest that PDA-based "software is effective in the identification of important drug-drug interactions and therefore has the potential to reduce the frequency of preventable adverse drug events," wrote the survey's authors Robert L. Robinson, MD, and Martha S. Buck, MD, of the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine.
The ePocrates Rx Pro drug reference application includes detailed information on more than 3,000 brand name and generic drugs, health plan formularies (list of covered drugs), the MultiCheck drug interaction tool, an infectious disease treatment guide, and embedded dosing and medical calculators.
The PatientKeeper Platform connects mobile devices with existing hospital information systems. Featuring an open architecture, it supports a broad and growing portfolio of mobile applications, including PatientKeeper Clinical Results™, PatientKeeper Charge Capture™, PatientKeeper Mobile Dictation™, PatientKeeper ePrescription™ (Powered by DrFirst), PatientKeeper Reference Library, and more.
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About PatientKeeper
PatientKeeper®, Inc. provides healthcare professionals with mobile computing solutions that deliver clinical and financial benefits. The PatientKeeper Platform™ easily integrates with existing information systems. PatientKeeper and its partners have created a portfolio of applications that allow doctors to interactively manage patient information, view clinical results, enter charges, dictate notes, write prescriptions, and more. For more information, visit www.patientkeeper.com or call 617-987-0300.
About ePocrates
San Mateo, CA-based ePocrates Inc. is the leader in providing clinical information to physicians and other health care professionals at the point of care, with over 350,000 subscribers, including over 140,000 U.S. physicians. ePocrates' product offering is led by the ePocrates® Essentials mobile clinical reference suite featuring all of the key decision support applications-drugs, diseases, and diagnostics - required for today's health care professional. The ePocrates Rx® and ePocrates Rx Pro™ drug reference products are the most widely used in the industry, by individual clinicians and by medical groups, hospitals, universities and medical libraries throughout the U.S. ePocrates also provides formulary information from health plans, hospitals, Medicaid agencies and pharmacy benefit management (PBM) companies that represent over 95 million individuals, and messaging, market research and clinical trial recruitment services. For more information, visit http://www.epocrates.com.
Contacts:
Stephen S. Hau, PatientKeeper, shau@patientkeeper.com, (617) 987-0304
David Powers, aMate Communications, david@amatecommunications.com, (781) 759-0015
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