Epocrates Essentials is undoubtedly one of the best all-in-one applications that any pediatrician may ever have on her/his handheld.
However, there is always a place for improvement…
All of the features built in the essentials package are great and make no mistake about it peds are using them more frequently than other programs check out this poll
Every single portion of it can be customized to the pediatric needs check these pda4peds reviews to see how each one of these Epocrates products can be an invaluable tool to every pediatrician: Rx, Sx, Dx, CME, ID, Lab, Tables, MedTools.
So here’s the suggestion, Why don’t you make a pediatric version of Essentials!
- As far as the Rx, We don’t want to bother ourselves with adult doses, we are all syrup-minded!
- We don’t want to read about asthma in adults make a special pediatric Dx.
- We don’t want to pay for coronary artery disease formulas we just care about Kawasaki!
- Who said that colorectal CA and ulcerative colitis are common causes of GI bleeding, get your Sx a child version.
- And the laboratory results are obviously different in the pediatric age group.
- And so on for all your content.
So invite a good number of pediatric figures and start working on a real pediatric version and let it be little less pricey than the general package, after all peds are less wealthy than surgeons!! And if there are pediatric people who still want adult and general content they can then purchase the general package.
By the way don’t go into the mistake of PEPID as they marketed a pediatric suite but in fact it is just has to be purchased within their whole package.
Hope this message reaches the ears of Epocrates …
Oh, a reminder for peds readers, forget to tell you that if you really like essentials as your best all-in-one application please vote for it in the best pediatric PDA programs poll.
