jselbig Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 Looking for recommendations for good prescribing software . I've seen Epocrates, Uptodate, Dynamed, these offer prescribing guidance and basic interactions A new one is LotsofMeds - this one checks full patient data against drugs, like a full spectrum interaction checker which has not been done before. It also has adverse effects comparisons which is very handy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reality Check 2 Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 Most prescribing software is embedded into an EHR. It all goes through escribe or some other encrypted govt accepted transmission to meet govt criteria. I have never used anything outside of what comes in the EHR. Never found a really good one either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UGoLong Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 I doubt many providers would load all of a patient's meds into a standalone program to identify interactions; that's one good role for an EHR/EMR. I use Epocrates to look up drugs, doses, etc. And torsades.org to look at drugs that can lengthen QTc. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jselbig Posted June 9, 2017 Author Share Posted June 9, 2017 I doubt many providers would load all of a patient's meds into a standalone program to identify interactions; that's one good role for an EHR/EMR. I use Epocrates to look up drugs, doses, etc. And torsades.org to look at drugs that can lengthen QTc. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk I totally agree the EMR should do this, but most of them do not do it meaningfully. You'll get warning if you try to prescribe something, but you cannot iterate with other medications so EMRs are not really made for research. Additionally, no EMR will check labs, kidney impact, age, etc and the interaction warnings (at least in epic) are pretty bare bones. LotsofMeds does this pretty well , thanks for the pointer on torsades.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crossbone2007 Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 LotsofMeds uses the same data as UTD. How is that different from UTD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jselbig Posted June 9, 2017 Author Share Posted June 9, 2017 LotsofMeds uses the same data as UTD. How is that different from UTD? UTD does not cross check drugs against comorbidities/labs/patient profile. Its more of a library than a dynamic drug analysis tool. Same data but used in a different way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joelseff Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 For reference, I use medscape. It's free and has most of what I need. My work has UTD which is great for looking up approaches etc. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G891A using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.