Lexi-Comp databases 25% off through the end of 2010 12
Wed, 29 Dec 2010 8:34 pm EST
As the webOS medical community continues to explore their options in the wake of Epocrates’ departure announcement, app developers have been responding to fill the vacuum. One of the most prominent alternatives to Epocrates has been Lexi-Comp, a full featured medical reference suite previously reviewed here on PreCentral.
Lexi-Comp offers multiple versions of their reference library (the app itself is free), from individual databases like drugs and natural products, to more comprehensive software packages designed for nurses, dentists, pharmacists, and physicians. Subscriptions can be purchased at one-, two-, and three-year intervals.
Lexi-Comp offers discounts on its databases through through universities, hospital systems, and pharmacy reps. Now anybody can grab a database at a discounted price, as Lexi-Comp is running a direct-to-consumer 25% off sale until the end of the year.
If you’re wondering about continued support for our favorite OS before shelling out your hard-earned cash, there’s reason to be optimistic. In addition to vocal support of the platform via Facebook and Twitter, the folks at Lexi-Comp have also reported that they continue to actively work on their webOS solution with a faster hybrid version of the app planned for a release in the near future. Finally, even if you do decide to leave the webOS community (we won’t judge... much), Lexi-Comp is platform agnostic and has products available for Blackberry, Android, and iOS devices as well.
Are you sold yet? We figured you were. If you’re in need of a medical database and Lexi-Comp seems like the solution for you, then you can grab your databases at 25% off using the code DEC25B at checkout.
12 Comments
While I appreciate Lexicomp's support of WebOS, Lexicomp is much more expensive than the free epocrates version. Lexicomp's package most similar to Epocrates' free webos version seems to be Lexidrugs and Lexi-interact which is $115. So at 25% off it is $86.25. Vs 0 dollars for epocrates. (Epocrates Pro version is $99 but they never made a full version for webOS.) So for med students, frugal health care providers, the loss of epocrates is quite painful.
so hopefully lexi-comp is working on a lite version...
Lexi is the most expensive of all pharmacy options. Lexi lite never gonna happen.
Our contract with Sprint is up in August and we'll be moving on from Palm. I've been a webOS proponent for over a year now but the loss of Epocrates was the last straw for me. I began considering a switch when Palm announced no Classic support in webOS 2.0. I'm able to get a couple of pharmacy databases for free from the school but they will only run on PalmOS. So, no Classic, no free database from school. That left Epocrates, and now that's gone too.
I had really high hopes for Palm and webOS, I really did. I still love the OS and the card concept, but somebody needs to let Palm know that being able to open multiple apps is only beneficial if you have multiple apps to open.
wow, so cold yet so true.
wake me when something interesting is posted *goes into hibernation*
Wake up!!!! Oh wait. False alarm. Sorry.
I posted about this in the forums. I think it's a really great deal. Yes it's not free, but it's not too expensive either. I purchased the 3 yr package for 172 with the discount...that comes out to 58 per year. Considering how often we use drug databases, possibly daily, that's small chump change.
Best part, if you do leave webOS, you can transfer your subscription to any other OS, without re-subscribing. Your account is transferrable!
The app itself is very detailed and gives alot more useful info than epocrates.
Being a long time palm and epocrates user, I know it's not easy using something else. But like in all things in the medical field, information changes fast and requires flexibility. Having used lexicomp over the past week, I can honestly say I haven't missed epocrates one bit.
You can't compare the fee-based Lexi to the free Epocrates. Epocrates free does not provide the depth or fields of information that Lexi does. If you look at published research, Lexi is the best drug information software. If you want something to answer general drug-related questions for non-medical personnel, then Lexi is overkill. If you want an application to support a clinician's (pharmacist, nurse, physician, etc.) practice, then there is nothing better than Lexi.
Whether Lexicomp is more suitable than Epocrates depends whether you are a clinician (physician, NP, PA, nurse) or pharmacist. I'm a ID physician and epocrates is optimized to give the info a clinician needs in seconds. Name, Dosages, side-effects, mechanism/class of meds and very importantly interactions between different antibiotics. Epocrates is not meant to give you exhaustive info or be a teaching tool but is a optimized point-of-care tool. Exhaustive information is not critical for a busy clinician and in fact can slow you down.
A pharmacist who is asked about minutiae does need all the information, dosage adjustment in renal and hepatic failure and references. So in that case Lexicomp is a better product.
Note that Epocrates has additional function like CME, new study updates, FDA warnings that are geared to physicians also. So Epocrates does have a significant footprint on the mind of clinicians.
I may try lexicomp on trial basis to see how it is but I cfan still hope epocrates comes to its senses.
I've always found Epocrates to be sufficient but now that it's gone I'll take a look @ Lexi.
if I'm paying for med info, illgo with UpToDate, no Lexi. Total rip-off