If you are health professional you will know the pain of getting necessary information like- drug formulary guide, on time and quick. Technology has evolve in every aspects of human life, but still health professional like- Doctors, pharmacist go through few dozens of books and journals and an hour of time to bring up one drug formulary. In west like Europe, America’s health technology is far more advance, but still same conventional ways of information extraction for health professionals. Last 10 years a lot of health sectors has been started to take advantage of web technology, you will notice few hundreds of drug stores, health suggestion, and clinical web journals even doctors/clinics web portal too online. But what was still lacking was extensive database of drug formulary.

Some organizations were trying to provide web based drug guide last few years, but either lack of application development or some other reasons none seems to be able to deliver extensive and comparative information. Looks like Epocrates Inc. break this tangle, and came up with a huge database of free and trusted mobile drug and formulary guide for clinicians and support staffs. Epocrates updates its clinical databases weekly so that health professional have access to the most current information available. Epocrates allows making better clinical decisions, saving time and improving quality of care. All Epocrates software is compatible with Pocket PC OS mobile devices synchronizing to a Windows PC, or Palm OS mobile devices synchronizing to a Windows PC or Mac.

In addition to an extensive drug guide, the product includes formulary information for more than 130 health plans and hundreds of Medicare Part D formularies. Healthcare professionals can quickly and easily obtain formulary status, drug coverage and alternative and generic drug options. So now when doctor is on duty and need quick information on any drugs (ex- Advair) adult dosing or adverse reaction or whatever all he/she will need is a PPA/Palm in hand or a computer with internet access nearby. Thanks to Epocrates without spending hours after information, health professional now utilize their time for better care.

Soon after Epocrates launch this breakthrough innovation, it gained serious popularities among health professionals. Already it’s used by over 500,000 health profession worldwide. It’s good to see better use of technology and innovations isn’t it?