Free Drug Reference On iPhones And Mobiles For Physicians

In this technology age, everything is done using the latest cutting-edge technology available to us. Even the physicians have started to use different technological devices to assist them with their work. It is believed that more than 50% of the doctors own a PDA (personal digital assistant) or a smartphone. PDA medical software is a pocket-size device which is a staple in physicians’ lab coats and company such as Epocrates, Inc. has been successfully making these pocket-size devices and helping physicians in a great deal.

Epocrates medical reference software is used by over 500,000 healthcare professionals. The decision on prescribing certain drugs can be challenging and sometimes even the best physician has to take a lot of precautions due to the numerous amounts of side effects the medicine has. In this case, the physician can easily get the use of the Epocrates’ drug guide. They can simply load this guide on their PDA or smartphone and can immediately access the information needed to make prescribing decisions.

Epocrates also recently launched a free drug reference for iphone and BlackBerry devices. They are working with Apple to develop a downloadable drug guide for iPhone devices. Physicians who have an iPhone or iPod Touch can currently access Epocrates content by visiting m.epcorates.com on their Safari web browser. There are a lot of other products listed in their website: www.epocrates.com/products for more information on Epocrates’ free and premium product offerings and mobile device compatibility.

This announcement was paid for by Epocrates.