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Published on: August 30, 2018
Performance of online drug information databases as clinical decision support tools in infectious disease medication
Hyla H Polen1, Antonia Zapantis, Kevin A Clauson
1Integrated Consulting Associates, Jupiter, FL, USA.
Abstract:
Infectious disease (ID) medication management is complex and clinical decision support tools (CDSTs) can provide valuable assistance. This study evaluated scope and completeness of ID drug information found in online databases by evaluating their ability to answer 147 question/answer pairs. Scope scores produced highest rankings (%) for: Micromedex (82.3), Lexi-Comp/American Hospital Formulary Service (81.0), and Medscape Drug Reference (81.0); lowest includes: Epocrates Online Premium (47.0), Johns Hopkins ABX Guide (45.6), and PEPID PDC (40.8).
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