By now it is not a surprise, more and more EMR and EHR business owners and general managers are turning to Lexicomp to solve their drug information needs. In a few short years, Lexicomp has been the fastest growing provider of drug information to the EMR market. This didn't happen by accident. It came as a result of Lexicomp's three-legged trifecta approach to providing drug information to EMR and EHR developers -- of any size!
What are three aspects?
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Top quality data
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Elegant data structure with easy to use API's
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The best customer and development support you can find anywhere. (It makes your work so much easier)
In addition to supplying the expected information such as drug-drug and drug-allergy interactions, adverse drug events, RxNorm mapping, generic drug lists, drug nomenclature, and more. Lexi-Data also offers an incredibly easy to use data structure and APIs! Although, perhaps more importantly, Lexicomp is unparalleled in its customer service and providing assistance in the development process. If you are developing a new EMR and need a drug information supplier, make sure that Lexi is on your list.
And if you are thinking about building your own ePrescribing module, I call your attention to a posting my colleague Matt Bennardo published last week:
As EHR vendors find their products growing and signing up more users, many start to think about moving from using a third-party eprescribing solution to building their own. The reasons for making this switch are many:
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As your user base grows, eprescribing fees grow too
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Bring features in-house makes it easier to respond to specific customer needs
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A third-party solution is a risk, as you never can be sure what will happen in the market
One of the first steps in building your own eprescriber is to find a data provider who can supply you with medication lists and other information that Surescripts requires to certify your tool. Lexicomp is one such provider. They've been focused on providing drug data direct to clinicians for over thirty years, but now they can also supply you with database-ready information to power an eprescriber.
Lexicomp's customers have used their data to certify EMRs and EHRs with ONC testing bodies like Drummond, CCHIT, and Infogard. Their customers have also certified eprescribers using Lexicomp data with Surescripts. And best of all, Lexicomp's flexible pricing and easy implementation allows firms of all sizes to get up and running smoothly and quickly.
Recently someone asked, "What would you say are the most common words that people associate with Lexi-Data and the value and service that the product delivers?". I would say it is a long list, but the following short list comes to mind: "drug interaction database , drug nomenclature, drug reference pediatric , drug classifications list, pediatric dosage database, adverse drug events, drug interaction database for EHRs."
Apparently there has been some interest in several of my recent blog posts, so I am re-posting two of them. I like the second one :
The first one:
"In a few short years, Lexicomp has gone from being the provider of choice for drug reference information to the vendor of choice for EMR development companies looking for a supplier of drug data to include in their product. Lexi-Data provides all of the standard drug information that one would expect from the other suppliers, but it also provides the best pediatric dosing information available. In addition to supplying the expected information such as drug-drug and drug-allergy interactions, adverse drug events, RxNorm mapping, generic drug lists, drug nomenclature, and more. Lexi-Data offers an incredibly easy to use data structure and API's and most importantly, Lexicomp is unparalleled in its customer service and providing assistance in the development process. If you are developing a new EMR and need a drug information supplier, make sure that Lexi is on your list."
The second: (enjoy)
"We live in a turbulent and fast changing world. What was good yesterday is not necessarily what is best for today. Where is Netscape? How about Alta Vista? Lotus is certainly history but how many of you remember Multiplan and before that VisiCalc? The changes occur quickly -- not like the phasing out of a buggy whip.
The same could be said about more and more EMR developers who are turning to Lexi-Data for their drug information. Lexi-Data just hit the scene a little more than two years ago. And how quickly it has grown and capturing a major part of new EMR development in need of drug information. Why so?
Is it about drug information quality? Is it about ease of integrating the APIs? How about quality of the Pediatric Drug Information and drug-drug and drug-allergy interactions? Or is about the top quality customer support during the development and integration phase, where Lexicomp treats it customers like true partners?"
Needless to say, as you can imagine, it is about all of the above. If you haven't acted yet, it is about time
As more and more healthcare professionals are adopting EMR technology to meet Meaningful Use requirements, we are receiving more and more interest from dentists about adding clincial decision support technology into their dental practice management system. They are quickly realizing that Lexicomp is the preferred vendor of choice to work with, because we provide the very best dental specific drug database to integrate into their EMRs as well as personalized customer support during development. Another important piece to consider in a dental EMR is an ePrescribing tool. Lexicomp has a close partnership with DoseSpot to deliver this solution. By selecting DoseSpot for ePrescribing, our clients are able to get to the market faster and reduce their headaches in developing the tool on their own.
Lexi-Data provides the drug information for dose range checking, pediatric dosing, drug calculators, medicine interactions, dosage precautions, clinical guidelines, drug interaction software, duplicate therapy, drug classifications, generic drug names, drug nomenclature and more. These are critical paths for a dental EMR build.
To learn more about Lexicomp's dental solutions, please visit our website at http://www.lexi.com/individuals/dentistry/
If you are interested in learning more about our integration capabilities, we'd love to talk with you. Please contact us at 1-877-819-6883.
By now it is not a surprise, more and more EMR and EHR business owners and general managers are turning to Lexicomp to solve their drug information needs. In a few short years, Lexicomp has been the fastest growing provider of drug information to the EMR market. This didn't happen by accident. It came as a result of Lexicomp's three-legged trifecta approach to providing drug information to EMR and EHR developers -- of any size!
What are three aspects?
-
Top quality data
-
Elegant data structure with easy to use API's
-
The best customer and development support you can find anywhere. (It makes you work so much easier)
In addition to supplying the expected information such as drug-drug and drug-allergy interactions, adverse drug events, RxNorm mapping, generic drug lists, drug nomenclature, and more.. Lexi-Data also offers an incredibly easy to use data structure and API's! Although, perhaps more importantly, Lexicomp is unparalleled in its customer service and providing assistance in the development process. If you are developing a new EMR and need a drug information supplier, make sure that Lexi is on your list.
Are you heavily involved in making the critical decisions for EMR development and the need to include the best drug information, along with the best vendor support?
Several weeks ago I wrote:
Are you the owner or manager of an ambulatory EMR company? What keeps you up late at night? Worried about getting your product to the market as quickly as possible and keeping your costs under control? Worried about certification? No doubt you have some thoughts about reducing medical errors by including the best drug information and internal built-in logic. More and more EMR and EHR business owners and general managers are turning to Lexicomp to solve their drug information needs.
In a few short years, Lexicomp has been the fastest growing provider of drug information to the EMR market. As I said in a previous post:
In addition to supplying the expected information such as drug-drug and drug-allergy interactions, adverse drug events, RxNorm mapping, generic drug lists, drug nomenclature, and more. Lexi-Data offers an incredibly easy to use data structure and API's and most importantly, Lexicomp is unparalleled in its customer service and providing assistance in the development process. If you are developing a new EMR and need a drug information supplier, make sure that Lexi is on your list.
And if you are thinking about building your own ePrescribing module, I call your attention to a posting my colleague Matt Bennardo published last week:
As EHR vendors find their products growing and signing up more users, many start to think about moving from using a third-party eprescribing solution to building their own. The reasons for making this switch are many:
-
As your user base grows, eprescribing fees grow too
-
Bring features in-house makes it easier to respond to specific customer needs
-
A third-party solution is a risk, as you never can be sure what will happen in the market
One of the first steps in building your own eprescriber is to find a data provider who can supply you with medication lists and other information that Surescripts requires to certify your tool. Lexicomp is one such provider. They've been focused on providing drug data direct to clinicians for over thirty years, but now they can also supply you with database-ready information to power an eprescriber.
Lexicomp's customers have used their data to certify EMRs and EHRs with ONC testing bodies like Drummond, CCHIT, and Infogard. Their customers have also certified eprescribers using Lexicomp data with Surescripts. And best of all, Lexicomp's flexible pricing and easy implementation allows firms of all sizes to get up and running smoothly and quickly.
Contact Lexicomp using the links on this page today for more information.
Why I am repeating a headline from last week and some similar content? Because it seems to resonate with those folks who are making the critical decisions on their EMR development and their need to include the best drug information, along with the best vendor support.
As I wrote:
Are you the owner or manager of an ambulatory EMR company? What keeps you up late at night? Worried about getting your product to the market as quickly as possible and keeping your costs under control? Worried about certification? No doubt you have some thoughts about reducing medical errors by including the best drug information and internal built-in logic. More and more EMR and EHR business owners and general managers are turning to Lexicomp to solve their drug information needs.
In a few short years, Lexicomp has been the fastest growing provider of drug information to the EMR market. As I said in a previous post:
In addition to supplying the expected information such as drug-drug and drug-allergy interactions, adverse drug events, RxNorm mapping, generic drug lists, drug nomenclature, and more. Lexi-Data offers an incredibly easy to use data structure and API's and most importantly, Lexicomp is unparalleled in its customer service and providing assistance in the development process. If you are developing a new EMR and need a drug information supplier, make sure that Lexi is on your list.
Some of my colleagues have asked me to re-post my blog from last week. So I will do so.
Are you the owner or manager of an ambulatory EMR company? What keeps you up late at night? Worried about getting your product to the market as quickly as possible and keeping your costs under control? Worried about certification? No doubt you have some thoughts about reducing medical errors by including the best drug information and internal built in logic. More and more EMR and EHR business owners and general managers are turning to Lexicomp to solve their drug information needs.
In a few short years, Lexicomp has been the fastest growing provider of drug information to the EMR market. As I said in a previous post:
" In addition to supplying the expected information such as drug-drug and drug-allergy interactions, adverse drug events, RxNorm mapping, generic drug lists, drug nomenclature, and more. Lexi-Data offers an incredibly easy to use data structure and API's and most importantly, Lexicomp is unparalleled in its customer service and providing assistance in the development process. If you are developing a new EMR and need a drug information supplier, make sure that Lexi is on your list.
Are you the owner or manager of an ambulatory EMR company? What keeps you up late at night? Worried about getting your product to the market as quickly as possible and keeping your costs under control? Worried about certification? No doubt you have some thoughts about reducing medical errors by including the best
drug information and internal built in logic. More and more EMR and EHR business owners and general managers are turning to Lexicomp to solve their drug information needs.
In a few short years, Lexicomp has been the fastest growing provider of drug information to the EMR market. As I said in a previous post:
" In addition to supplying the expected information such as drug-drug and drug-allergy interactions, adverse drug events, RxNorm mapping, generic drug lists, drug nomenclature, and more. Lexi-Data offers an incredibly easy to use data structure and API's and most importantly, Lexicomp is unparalleled in its customer service and providing assistance in the development process. If you are developing a new EMR and need a drug information supplier, make sure that Lexi is on your list."
I have had several comments asking for me to repeat several of my recent blog posts, so here they are:
The first one:
"In a few short years, Lexicomp has gone from being the provider of choice for
drug reference information to the vendor of choice for EMR development companies looking for a supplier of drug data to include in their product. Lexi-Data provides all of the standard drug information that one would expect from the other suppliers, but it also provides the best pediatric dosing information available. In addition to supplying the expected information such as drug-drug and drug-allergy interactions, adverse drug events, RxNorm mapping, generic drug lists, drug nomenclature, and more. Lexi-Data offers an incredibly easy to use data structure and API's and most importantly, Lexicomp is unparalleled in its customer service and providing assistance in the development process. If you are developing a new EMR and need a drug information supplier, make sure that Lexi is on your list."
The second: (enjoy)
"We live in a turbulent and fast changing world. What was good yesterday is not necessarily what is best for today. Where is Netscape? How about Alta Vista? Lotus is certainly history but how many of you remember Multiplan and before that VisiCalc? The changes occur quickly -- not like the phasing out of a buggy whip.
The same could be said about more and more EMR developers who are turning to Lexi-Data for their drug information. Lexi-Data just hit the scene a little more than two years ago. And how quickly it has grown and capturing a major part of new EMR development in need of drug information. Why so?
Is it about drug information quality? Is it about ease of integrating the APIs? How about quality of the
Pediatric Drug Information and drug-drug and drug-allergy interactions? Or is about the top quality customer support during the development and integration phase, where Lexicomp treats it customers like true partners?"
Needless to say, as you can imagine, it is about all of the above. If you haven't acted yet, it is about time.
In a few short years, Lexicomp has gone from being the provider of choice for
drug reference information to the vendor of choice for EMR development companies looking for a supplier of drug data to include in their product. Lexi-Data provides all of the standard drug information that one would expect from the other suppliers, but it also provides the best pediatric dosing information available. In addition to supplying the expected information such as drug-drug and drug-allergy interactions, adverse drug events, RxNorm mapping, generic drug lists, drug nomenclature, and more. Lexi-Data offers an incredibly easy to use data structure and API's and most importantly, Lexicomp is unparalleled in its customer service and providing assistance in the development process. If you are developing a new EMR and need a drug information supplier, make sure that Lexi is on your list.
Companies developing new EMRs for small to medium healthcare settings often wait too long to consider what drug information provider to use for their product. There are only a few drug information providers and it is advisable to know the pluses and minuses as early in the process as possible. It is not just about drug-drug and drug-allergy interactions. It is not just about drug dosing information,
drug nomenclature, dosing precautions, patient education leaflets, branded and generic medication lists.
It is also about which vendor is the easiest to work with. Who will accomodate your needs and not their needs. Who will help you resolve cerifying body issues? Who is the best of the best when it comes to pediatric dosing? Who will provide decision trees for black box warnings? Who will provide easy to use APIs? Who provides ongoing topnotch communication? And who is at the cutting edge? Those are just some of the quesitons you need to answer.
One difficult aspect of
drug nomenclature is the complexity of drug concepts. Clinicians speak fluidly about these concepts, flowing from class-based terminology (penicillins) to individual drugs (penicillin) with ease. But drug classifications are not well standardized, and some systems blend pharmacologic concepts with chemical concepts. For example, consider a system which uses "beta-adrenergic receptor blockers" and "fluoroquinolones". One speaks to the pharmacologic target while the other refers to a shared chemical composition. Clinicians understand and interpret these differences, but electronic applications have more difficulty. RxNorm is an effort to standardize these naming conventions for an individual drug. These concepts are generally included in proprietary vocabularies, but there is little consensus among them. These may complicate efforts to establish comparisons on adverse drug events, allergy, and other comparative features among members of a class. Class level groupings are included in SnoMed and may provide a basis of standardization. For this reason efforts to standardize to a single class nomenclature are important and necessary.
EMR vendors are not the only ones rapidly deploying clinical decision support systems to healthcare providers. Dental professionals are demanding that their practice management systems overcome massive development hurdles in order to comply with Meaningful Use standards.
There is a buzz in the dental technology community about Meaningful Use and incorporating more clinical decision support into the practice management system workflow. If you are searching for the best dental specific drug database to integrate into your dental EMR, turn to Lexicomp. There are very few suppliers of drug data within the dental market and even fewer still that are easy to work with. And if you are looking for an easy-to-use, out-of-the-box ePrescribing tool, trust our partner DoseSpot to deliver the solution. What do all of these companies have in common? They are easy to work with and provide you with the ability to get to the market fast!
Don't wait to the end of your development process to worry about: dose range checking, pediatric dosing, drug calculators, medicine interactions, dosage precautions, clinical guidelines, drug interaction software, duplicate therapy, drug classifications, generic drug names, drug nomenclature and more. These are critical paths for a dental EMR build. But it's not just about the information. It's about who you select as your partner and who has seamless API's which makes your development easier.
You owe it to your product and your customer to make the right choice.
There are a high number of companies that are attempting to analyze the usage of a drug products by specific diagnosis, line of therapy, stage of disease, and much more by electronically collecting information through software programs and then performing analytics. These types of companies might be interested in looking at drug and drug combination administered, line of therapy, dose administered, change of therapy reason, and I’m sure that there are many other use cases.
Many of these companies are turning to Lexicomp for core drug nomenclature because Lexicomp's database is up-to-date, highly normalized, flexible classification schemes, and the granular data they need to perform this type of analysis.
Lexi-Data Basic provides drug information that includes drug names (brand name, generic name, route, strength, form, National Drug Code (NDC), etc.), therapeutic categories, drug classifications, pricing, standard or customized disease names and associated ICD-9 codes, and other coding systems such as NDC and J-Codes. This database is compatible with Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, and Access.
Are you an EMR or EHR vendor looking to enter the ambulatory care market? If so, now is the right time to capitalize on the expanded use of clinical decision support tools by these healthcare professionals. A recent article in Healthcare IT News states that "one third of physician practices and community health clinics are poised to replace their electronic medical records systems". Are you ready for the this onslaught of new business or are still trying to launch your system?
If you are lagging behind the development curve, a surefire way to enter the market faster is to partner with a proven leader in drug databases for clinical decision support systems. Lexicomp's integrated solutions help hospitals, EMRs, consumer websites and other health IT developers easily implement drug reference information and drug data into their systems. When integrated into HIS systems, Lexicomp solutions provide clinicians access to current and relevant drug information, and supply end users the functionality to support several aspects of clinical decision support required by an EMR for certification.
Whether you are looking for basic drug nomenclature, dosage range calculators, drug interaction software, or ePrescribing solutions, turn to Lexicomp to help you enter the ambulatory market faster!
I call attention to my colleague's posting (Mark Dachille) several weeks ago, just prior to HIMSS, when he said.
"Lexicomp can help by providing a medication list that includes both generic, brand name, and over-the-counter drugs. By providing drug interaction screening including drug-drug, drug-allergy, drug-condition, dose range checking, and duplicate therapy screening, Lexicomp can help EHR vendors meet a number of Meaningful use requirements. The Lexi-Data product delivered by Lexicomp is also mapped to RXNORM and contains patient education which is another check box on the Meaningful Use requirements list.
Although there are a number of vendors providing drug nomenclatures, not many can provide all of these features, and could lead to issues down the road with achieving Meaningful Use certification"
Based on this posting, there were many people who visited the Lexicomp looking for solutions to their drug data needs.
With HIMSS 11 rapidly approaching, a number of vendors will be arriving in Orlando. With the number of booths at this years event, it will be hard to see everything there is to offer during the three days the exhibit hall is open. To cut down on time spent reviewing vendors, look for specific product features that will address specific Meaningful Use criteria.
Lexicomp can help by providing a medication list that includes both generic, brand name, and over-the-counter drugs. By providing drug interaction screening including drug-drug, drug-allergy, drug-condition, dose range checking, and duplicate therapy screening, Lexicomp can help EHR vendors meet a number of Meaningful use requirements. The Lexi-Data product delivered by Lexicomp is also mapped to RXNORM and contains patient education which is another check box on the Meaningful Use requirements list.
Although there are a number of vendors providing drug nomenclatures, not many can provide all of these features, and could lead to issues down the road with achieving Meaningful Use certification. Use your time wisely while at HIMSS and visit Lexicomp at booth #6653.
A report posted January 21, 2011 by
iHealthBeat states, "Nearly 90% of U.S. hospitals will need to install or upgrade their electronic health record systems during the next three years to comply with the federal government's meaningful use requirements." Hospitals have the option to purchase a "ready made" from a vendor or to make their own. No matter what the case, be sure your drug information complies with meaningful use. While you are at, you might as well go above the requirements.
There are several components to look for drug information:dose range checking, pediatric dosing, drug calculators, medicine interactions, dosage precautions, clinical guidelines, drug interaction software, duplicate therapy, drug classifications, generic drug names, drug nomenclature and more. These are critical paths for an EMR build. But it's not just about the information. It's about who you select as your partner and who have seamless APIs which makes your drop easier.
Meeting with these vendors in person may help in picking the right partner. The HIMSS 2011 show in Orlando, Florida February 21 - 23 will showcase many of these partners, Lexicomp included!
Last Monday I posted that there was opportunity for a piece of the growing EHR marketplace with 4,000 companies jumping to start the registration process. Another sign of growth has been reported today by
HealthData Management. According to a recent posting, "U.S. market for inpatient and outpatient electronic health records software was nearly $1.98 billion in 2009 and will steadily increase to $3.8 billion in 2015" as found in a new report by the research firm IDC Health Insights, Framingham, Mass.
These numbers can be further broken down in Ambulatory and Inpatient EHR electronic records software spending. Ambulatory EHR Spending by all types of providers totaled $633.5 million in 2009, rising in 2015 to $1.41 billion. Inpatient EHR Spending was $1.34 billion in 2009, rising in 2015 to about $2.4 billion.
With all this money being spent and more to come, it's not too late to get your software on the certification track with trusted drug data. Don't wait until the end of your development process to worry about: dose range checking, pediatric dosing, drug calculators, medicine interactions, dosage precautions, clinical guidelines, drug interaction software, duplicate therapy, drug classifications, generic drug names, drug nomenclature and more. These are critical paths for an EMR build. But it's not just about the information. It's about who you select as your partner and who have seamless APIs which makes your job easier.
You owe it to your product and your customer to make the right choice.
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