March 8, 2006 — Issue No. 57

In This Issue

• Recent Clinical Updates
• Epocrates Users Weigh In On Medicare Part D
• Ask Your Health IT System Vendors to Link to Epocrates
• Patient Safety Awareness Week
• Save On a Palm Treo™ With
  Epocrates® Essentials

Recent Clinical Updates

In February, the Epocrates Medical Information Editors added 10 drugs, including Exubera (insulin inhaled), Amitiza (lubiprostone), Orencia (abatacept) and Revlimid (lenalidomide), and 12 vaccines, including RotaTeq, ActHIB, HibTITER, Pedvax HB Havrix, Vaqta, Energix-B, and Recombivax HB.

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Epocrates Users Weigh In On Medicare Part D

A recent Epocrates survey of hundreds of physicians and pharmacists revealed that:

• 94% of physicians still find the program confusing — most confusing areas are coverage gap and specific drug coverage
• 87% of pharmacists find the program confusing — most confusing area is dual eligible population
• 99% say that patients are confused, particularly about which plan is best for them
• 70% of physicians and 96% of pharmacists are spending at least 20% more time on administrative tasks

However, the situation is improving ...

• 57% believe that Medicare Part D will result in improved care
• 67% report that using Epocrates Part D formularies is helping them save 11 or more minutes per day

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Ask Your Health IT System Vendors to Link to Epocrates

Do you wish that your clinical software solutions, such as EMR, prescribing, pharmacy management, and billing systems, could link to Epocrates drug information?

Through Epocrates Linx™, they can be easily integrated with Epocrates mobile and online products to streamline your workflow.

We encourage you to write to your IT department or vendors to tell them about this new FREE capability.

Patient Safety Awareness Week

This week the National Patient Safety Foundation is highlighting the importance of working in partnership with your patients to increase safety.

We'd like to thank all of our customers for your commitment to patient care and safety.

We'd also like to share an exciting finding from a recent study by researchers at Brigham and Women's hospital: 60% of doctors using Epocrates premium drug and disease references reported avoiding 3 or more medical errors per month.

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Save On a Palm Treo With Epocrates Essentials

Are you looking for a new PDA or phone? Why not get both with a stylish and lightweight Smartphone? Save up to $275 when you buy a Palm Treo Smartphone with Epocrates Essentials. Choose between Cingular and Verizon data plans. Offer also includes free Palm Vehicle Power Charger.

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