Newswise — The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) and Lexi-Comp, Inc., today announced a partnership that will provide clinicians with a combined online drug information resource so they can stay in touch with the latest relevant clinical data to make safe and effective drug therapy decisions.
Lexi-Comp® ONLINE™, as well as three additional electronic platforms, will soon include the AHFS Drug Information and AHFS DI Essentials databases. AHFS's well-respected databases contain the most comprehensive, unbiased, and authoritative drug information available. Each monograph passes through a rigorous evaluation process, backed by more than 70,000 uniquely cited references and 500,000 references to the primary literature. In addition, all monographs are peer reviewed by more than 500 physicians and pharmacists. AHFS is also an official compendium designated by the U.S. Congress for determining reimbursement of unlabeled uses of medications.
"We are very pleased to be working with ASHP as this partnership provides great value by integrating two industry-leading drug references for the benefit of our customers and patient care decisions," said Steven Kerscher, president and COO of Lexi-Comp. "Combining our concise and clinically-relevant drug monographs with the ability to drill deeper or navigate directly into ASHP's comprehensive drug information, including details on comparative efficacy, provides our customers with an ideal balance of breadth, depth, and research knowledge delivered through Lexi-Comp's powerful applications. We are certain that this will become an indispensable solution for every hospital and health-system."
Lexi-Comp ONLINE integrates industry-leading databases and enhanced searching technology to provide time-sensitive clinical information at the point-of-care. The user-friendly interface eliminates the need to navigate through multiple pages or make numerous mouse clicks to access key information.
The integrated product will provide complete access to thousands of monographs coherently pulled from a variety of databases, such as Lexi-Drugs(R), Pediatric Lexi-Drugs (R), AHFS Drug Information, AHFS Drug Information Essentials, and many more. Other key features of the product will include:· A uniquely-designed interface for easy, quick access to reliable drug information at the point-of-care.· PubMed links to the original research·Seamless integration between Lexi-Comp and AHFS monographs·Drug identification by physical characteristics·Complete drug and herbal interaction analysis·Intuitive drill-down from quick answers to supporting evidence and therapeutic detail·Comprehensive patient education module featuring drug, disease, and condition leaflet in up to 18 languages·Full-text search capabilities
"We are pleased to be able to broaden clinicians' ability to make evidence-based drug therapy decisions through this partnership with Lexi-Comp," said ASHP President Cynthia Brennan, Pharm.D. "This new product brings together two industry leaders who are committed to ensuring that patients receive safe and effective medication therapy."
Lexi-Comp ONLINE with AHFS Drug Information will be available in early 2007. Demonstrations of the new product will be conducted during the ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting, December 3-7 in Anaheim, Calif. Representatives from ASHP and Lexi-Comp will be available to preview the product's new and enhanced features in booths 3683 (AHFS Drug Information Solutions) and 2774 (Lexi-Comp) in the Exhibit Hall, as well as in the ASHP Bookstore in the Anaheim Convention Center.
About AHFSPublished by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP), AHFS DI has been a widely respected source of drug information in hospitals for more than 50 years. The AHFS family of products provides the most comprehensive source of unbiased and authoritative drug information available to health professionals today. The U.S. Congress and various health care insurance providers have recognized the authority of the AHFS DI suite of products as a source of information on the medically accepted uses of drugs. The only official drug compendium published by a non-commercial entity, AHFS DI has a longstanding policy of editorial independence from the influence of pharmaceutical manufacturers, health insurers, pharmacy benefit managers, and other third parties. For more information about AHFS DI, visit http://www.ahfsdruginformation.com.
About ASHPFor more than 60 years, ASHP has helped pharmacists who practice in hospitals and health systems improve medication use and enhance patient safety. The Society's 30,000 members include pharmacists and pharmacy technicians who practice in inpatient, outpatient, home-care, and long-term-care settings, as well as pharmacy students. For more information about the wide array of ASHP activities and the many ways in which pharmacists help people make the best use of medicines, visit ASHP's Web site, www.ashp.org, or its consumer Web site, http://www.SafeMedication.com.
About Lexi-CompLexi-Comp, Inc. is a leading provider of medical information and clinical content for the healthcare industry. Located in Hudson, Ohio, the company was founded in 1978 to create custom reference handbooks for clinical laboratories. Since then, Lexi-Comp has evolved its content base and technology solutions to provide clinically-relevant, real-time information at the point-of-care in knowledge areas that include pharmacology, interactions, diagnostic procedures and laboratory tests, pharmacogenomics, poisoning and toxicology, dentistry, infectious diseases, and patient education. Information is delivered on a variety of electronic platforms, including Lexi-Comp® ONLINE™, ON-HAND™, ON-DESKTOP™, and ON-WEB™, all of which may be integrated for hospitals and health systems via the LEXI-COMP Knowledge Solution™. The company's popular electronic databases include Lexi-Drugs®, an easy-to-use database of more than 1600 drug monographs, and Lexi-Interact™, a tool for checking patient profiles for drug, food, herbal, and alcohol interactions. Lexi-Comp also publishes a comprehensive handbook library of more than 40 titles, including the Drug Information Handbook, Pediatric Dosage Handbook and Geriatric Dosage Handbook.
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