PEPID Adds Evidence-Based Medicine To Its Point-Of-Care Software

Skokie, IL - PEPID LLC, a developer of medical information and support tools, announced the release of evidence-based Clinical Inquiries in its latest version of PEPID software for primary care professionals. Now physicians not only have patient treatment recommendations on their PDAs, they have the research to back them up as well.

"The inclusion of evidence-based Clinical Inquiries into our Primary Care Plus software is a result of a unique collaboration between PEPID and the Family Physicians Inquiries Network (FPIN)," says CEO Dr. Mark Rosenbloom. "Both of our organizations are committed to providing the best point-of-care reference tool for all physicians. "

Clinical Inquiries are initiated by real-world questions from family doctors, which are then thoroughly researched and published by FPIN. With the inclusion of exclusive Clinical Inquiries in PEPID software, physicians benefit from:

Evidence-based answers to hundreds of practical, clinical real-world questions;
Evidence summaries of the world literature identified through structured searches of multiple databases
Commentaries from renowned primary care physicians.
"Most exciting and unique to medical publishing, we have directly linked from PEPID's disease and drug monographs to the evidence," adds Dr. Rosenbloom. "Now, after a doctor has reviewed our concise point-of-care recommendations, he or she can immediately link to the evidence supporting these recommendations…without leaving the patient's bedside."

"The availability of evidence-based Clinical Inquiries within PEPID Primary Care Plus is a milestone in achieving FPIN's mission of translating the best research evidence into practice at the point of patient care," says Dr. Bernard Ewigman, Professor and Chairman, Department of Family Medicine, University of Chicago; President & Editor-in-Chief, Family Physicians Inquiries Network . "In clinic…in the emergency department… on labor and delivery…and in the hospital, family physicians and other primary care providers will know that the point-of-care reference at their fingertips will be based on the best available evidence and will be continuously updated."

PEPID LLC delivers medical expertise to subscribers on wired, wireless, and handheld devices worldwide. PEPID's latest release, Version 6.1, is published for Palm OS, PocketPC, and available on PEPID Online. PEPID has specialty-focused software products for emergency and primary care physicians, nurses, students, paramedics and pharmacists. System enhancements and content updates are released periodically without additional cost to current subscribers.

"PEPID's capabilities increase with every new release of our software products," says Dr. Rosenbloom. "The release of PEPID Version 6.1 and the inclusion of evidence-based Clinical Inquiries, assures our continued leadership in the delivery of medical information for all healthcare professionals."

SOURCE: PEPID, LLC