Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Epocrates Essentials- PDA Medical Software For Free

Why do we call it Epocrates Essentials?
Our medical editors, in collaboration with other respected institutions, have selected the most critical drug, disease, and diagnostic information you need for patient care, and organized it in one really easy-to-use, intelligently linked product.
We believe that makes it a must-have mobile resource for busy healthcare professionals.
Instantly access drug prescribing and safety information for more than 3,500 brand and generic drugs. Search for a drug by name or class; then you can review:
  • Adult and pediatric dosing for FDA-approved and off-label indications with links from the dose to an integrated weight-based dosing calculator, where applicable
  • Black box warnings, contraindications, and cautions
  • Serious and common adverse reactions, and drug interactions organized by clinical category
  • Up-to-date, detailed formulary information for national and regional healthcare insurance formularies, including all Medicare Part D plans
  • Approximate retail drug pricing for patients paying out-of-pocket
  • Safety and monitoring information, such as pregnancy risk categories, lactation safety ratings, monitoring parameters and therapeutic drug levels
  • Manufacturing information including DEA/FDA status
  • Pharmacology information, including metabolism, excretion, drug class, and mechanism of action
  • Notes section for your personal notes
The Epocrates OTC drug module provides the latest information on hundreds of brand name over-the-counter drugs. Each product-specific monograph answers questions such as:
  • What are the active ingredients and their uses?
  • What's the dose for my patient's age?
  • What flavors are available?
  • Does the product contain alcohol, sugar, or dyes?
  • Will it interact with prescription and herbal medications?
  • Is there another product with the same active ingredients, but in a chewable or liquid form? 
  • My patient needs an analgesic, an antihistamine, and an antitussive; is there one product with all of these?
  • Is this product covered by my patient's health insurance?

Epocrates Essentials Windows Mobile/Pocket PC Requirements

  • Windows Mobile / Pocket PC
    Supported device
    • Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0, 6.x or:
    • Microsoft Pocket PC 2003, 2003 SE
  • Computer (for syncing)
    • Windows 2000/XP with ActiveSync 3.7 or higher or;
    • Windows Vista/Windows 7 with Windows Mobile Device Center 6
  • Minimum available memory
    23 MB* + 20K per free health plan formulary selected
    *11 MB of Epocrates Essentials can be installed to supported expansion (memory) cards.
    How to determine amount of free memory
  • Expansion (memory) cards
    Any Secure Digital (SD), MultiMediaCard (MMC) or Mini-SD that is 8MB or larger 
Getting This $160 Worth Software For Free?

1) First Go to The Homepage
https://www.epocrates.com/account.do?mode=summary&ICID=LPEEFMS080210
Make an account

2) Go to this Promo page
http://www.epocrates.com/ma/FreeforMedicalStudents2010/
Select Your Medical School and Hit on GET IT NOW

 3) Select the Platform on which Your Mobile Works

4) Download and Install

NOTE- this offer is only for medical students Residing in US

 SOURCE: EPOCRATES

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