Hi! My name is Michelle Curren and I am the Marketing Intern at Lexi-Comp in Hudson, Ohio. Lexi-Comp is the most trusted source in providing point-of-care drug information. For over 30 years, Lexi-Comp has provided reference drug information online, for PDAs and smartphones, and in print to medical professionals in a variety of practice settings.
Lexi-Comp has now expanded to provide drug data for healthcare information technology vendors, consumer health websites, and hospitals. Specifically, Lexi-Data provides the framework and data to construct medication lists and integrates with EMR and EHR systems.
Being the marketing intern at Lexi-Comp means keeping up to date with all the most useful news and resources for checking medicine interactions. Be sure to read my latest blog to keep up to date on the latest news in this constantly changing field. Also, please send any questions and comments my way!
More EMRs are calling Lexi-Data their preferred choice every month, why might you ask?
Better quality information with faster updates and fewer mistakes
A more clinically relevant focus that their end users valued
Easier implementation and more powerful functionality
Superior customer service
Unique content not available elsewhere, like Lexicomp’s industry-leading Pediatric Dose Range Checking
Come see for youself! Lexicomp will be exhibiting at HIMSS 2012 in Las Vegas from February 20 - 24. Stop by for a visit at Booth #5134 and learn more about the preferred choice of drug information databases!
Lexicomp will be attending HIMSS 2012 in Las Vegas. This will be a great opportunity for any EMR, Hospital, or Consumer Health Site to visit booth #5134 and learn about our solutions for implementing decision support for drug interactions, duplicate therapy, drug allergies, and dose range checking, as well as drug databases, and patient education information for consumers.
At HIMSS 2012 there will be live demonstrations showing how our drug databases can be implemented and customized to meet the various specific needs of EMR vendors. Stop by and see us if you are a current customer or are looking to implement drug information or clinical decision support into your application.
Lexi-Data, Lexicomp's clinical decision support database is perfect for EMR vendors looking to meet a number of Meaningful Use requirements:
Allows for specific clinical decision support functions, including drug-drug and drug-allergy interaction checking
Has consumer-facing patient education materials
Is compliant with the RxNorm
Include comprehensives reference information for the US including drug generic name, drug brand name, drug classifications, and eventually clinical dosage guidelines for calculating pediatric and adult doses
Lexicomp will be exhibiting at HIMSS 2012 in Las Vegas, from February 20 - 24. Stop by for a visit at Booth #5134 and learn more about the choices you have in drug information databases!
Lexicomp recently developed a considerable set of web services calls that provide the most used functionality without the need for localized database integration. This means that EHRs for specialists like chiropractors, dentists, oncologists, dermatologists, and more now have a new way to provide more value to their users.
How? Web services allow users to request data via the web when they need it, delivering it directly into their application. This is particularly useful for those that need an inexpensive and quick to implement solution.
If you are considering web service providers, consider Lexicomp who supplies a solution directly to their own database of medicine and clinical information while also fulfilling all Stage 1 requirements! In addition, they have web service delivery of patient education materials!
Say you are a pharmacist filling an order for an adult male. During the eprescribing process, you get alerted that this prescription cannot be given to pregnant women--check. Another alert appears advising this drug cannot be given to children under 12 years old---check. And another, and another---check, check, check all day long! This situation is happening all over the country with pharmacists everyday. Alerts that are not needed for the given criterion should not be shown, this is key for providing excellent health care.
How many drug information providers are making it a point to provide you with the solutions to circumvent this growing problem? Lexicomp has been working to allow filters by intended clinican, severity of warning, and special conditions associated to the alert.
Contact Lexicomp today for more information on how to combat alert fatigue.
Web services allow users to request data via the web when they need it, delivering it directly into their application. This is partically useful for those that need an inexpensive and quick to implement solution. One group this could be perfect for include specialists and dentists that were recently allowed to file exceptions from Meaningful Use requirements, as this supplies them with the required data, without the need to maintain and update complicated databases.
When looking for a web service provider, consider Lexicomp who supplies a solution directly to their own database of medicine and clinical information while also fulfilling all Stage 1 requirements! In addition, they have web service delivery of patient education materials!
EMRs and EHRs have already greatly impacted the way clinical decisions are made. Safer and better decisions are possible, if there is quality and relaible drug data at the heart of all clinical decision support systems. To make their quality drug data even better, Lexi-Data has introduced a new structure which allows for the customization of Black Boxed Warning. These warnings act to reduce alert fatigue, while at the same time delivering warnings to the people who needs them most. Such new technologies will make all areas of clinical decision support better, contact Lexicomp today to see what they can offer you.
Great drug reference databases do not grow on trees. If you are in the midst of developing or redesigning an EMR or EHR, then you already know this. There are lots of key questions to keep in mind throughout the decision process:
How much will they help in setting up the API's?
Do they have a specific pediatric dose range checking product?
Take a look at the marketplace and see who can meet all your needs--check out Lexicomp early in the searching process and you will be pleasantly surprised.
Are you looking to complete your clinical decision making process by imbedding quality and trusted drug data, complete with FDA Black Box Warnings directly into the workflow? If so, there are several options currently on the marketplace whether it be web based URLs (APIs), Web Services, or XML Datasets. Lexicomp can provide each option with drug - allergy checking, drug-drug interactions, duplicate therapy checking, and drug lists.
These options have the ability to intregrate directly into any hospital’s EMR, CPOE, pharmacy system, or Web portal. Still have questions, contact Lexicomp today to find out more about your options.
Have you been looking for the perfect mix of better alerts as to fight off alert fatigue, while at the same time improving the clinical decisions made by physicians, pharmacists, and nurses? Well, Lexicomp has been hard at work ensuring the perfect fix: easy-to-implement solutions that integrate seamlessly within any hospital’s EMR, CPOE, pharmacy system, or Web portal! Our solution allows for a direct connection to Lexicomp’s trusted drug information.
Lexicomp has recently included new functionality that can alert users with the appropriate Black Box Warning where needed in the current workflow. These Black Box Warnings, the strongest issued by the US Food and Drug Administration, list vital information indicating if the drugs could cause serious side effects--good information to have right within your workflow!
Healthcare is changing more and more everyday. There is a revolution for consumers to charge themselves with quality drug information to be better informed. Many people do so by researching the internet for patient portals, hospital websites, among others.
If you are looking for drug information that can be easily integrated into a patient portal, reference site, or another consumer health website, Lexicomp offers a broad range of information, including adverse drug events, potential allergies, interactions, and more -- both for pediatrics and adults. Furthermore, Lexicomp has some of the best and most comprehensive patient education materials and pamphlets in the industry.
If you are interesting in are providing your customers with the best possible information, contact Lexicomp today.
Don't get discourgaged when looking for a drug data partner. Whether you have a laundry list of items or a small budget, Lexicomp has an intuitive database design that will help you seamlessly integrate complex drug reference databases into your system, allowing for easy implementation.
Other items that Lexicomp can help check off your list:
Consumer-facing patient education materials in 19 languages
Compliance with the RxNorm
Dosage range checking, for both adult and pediatric
When considering updating or creating an EMR, EHR, or HIS, think about the end users and all those that will benefit. At the end of the day, the real goal is to improve patient care. What better way to improve care than to provide patient education materials when and where the hospital and patients need them. Encouraging patients be actively involved in their care through increased knowledge of the situation can have a tremendous impact on the final outcome. Patients can help this process if they know more about their condition, treatment program, and drug regimen. Some vendors may provide this information in English, yet to truly improve the outcome, more specific languages must be added. Lexicomp has been providing patient education for several years and currently has 19 languages. So be sure to partner with a vendor that will go over and beyond to improve patient outcomes.
Find this out now or later, but is later to late? Not all drug reference databases are created equal. Drug data shapes everyday decisions in hospitals when dealing with patients. When developing or perhaps looking to improve upon your EMR, EHR, or HIS it is key to use drug data that meets qualifications and then some. What does this drug database look like you might ask?
A quality drug database should include:
Interactions, including drug-drug, drug-allergy and drug-disease
Dosage range checking, for both adult and pediatrics
Patient education pamphlets in multiple languages, for both adult and pediatric patients
Lexicomp not only provides drug data that meets the above criteria, but also more! Lexicomp provides customer service that is top notch and prepared to meet your needs at every level. Don't take my word though,
"Every time I call or email Lexi-Comp with a question, the service is like no other. I can't think of one single product that I have that continues to get better and better every year, except for Lexi-Comp. Ever since I started using Lexi-Comp, I can't imagine going to work as a pharmacist without it. I would be lost."
Back in January of this year, I wrote about the steady increase of Electronic Health Records/Electronic Medical Records with the market projected to be at $3.8 billion in 2015. Now, according to this report, "The U.S. EMR market is expected to grow from $2,177 million in 2009 to $6,054 million in 2015." This number is almost double!!
What I said back in January continues to apply today, as it is still not too late to get your software certified with trusted drug data. Don't wait until the end of your development process to worry about: medicine interactions, a drug reference database, pediatric dosing, dose ranges and more. But it's not just about the information. It's about who you select as your partner and who has seamless APIs to make your job easier.
So leave the drug content to us and know you have made the right decision.
With the expected increase in the anesthesia information systems market as noted by Ryan Smith in his meaningful use blog, it seems that many EHR, HIS, or EMR developers might do themsevles a favor by planning ahead and creating these systems now. With this being a new area for most companies, the question of where to purchase a drug database comes into play...who has the most trusted, reliable, and valuable data?
If you are in the market for an Anesthesiology & Critical Care database that provides detailed information on over 2,000 medications, then look no further than Lexicomp. Workflow is not interrupted when accessing the information through our Web API Solution, Web Services, or XML datasets. The integration delivers detailed drug and clinical reference information, including:
anesthesia and critical care concerns, use, dosage, and monitoring parameters
anesthetic drug interactions
This information comes together to support improved decisions at the point-of-care.
Matt Bennardo had a great post last week regarding a study which showed the connection between EHRs and their improvement on pediatric care.
With several pediatric calculators on the market, how can one tell which to trust? A reference book can be helpful, yet many other considerations should be taken into account. It is vital to screen drug interactions with the full medicine list of the child along with their maturation. Having all this information readily available with an EMR can vastly work to reduce errors. When dealing with pediatrics, especially neonatal patients, attention to detail and continually updated, unbiased information is best. Lexicomp has all the options to achieve improved safety for patients of any age.
These options include:
Pediatric Dosage Calculations in both transactional information for the clinical decision support systems and reference materials designed for clinicians.
Perhaps one of the biggest changes in the proposed Meaningful Use Stage II and III recommendations is the increase in interactions with the patient as well as the documentation it entails. Some changes include:
30% of medication orders are to be tracked via an Electronic Medication Administration Record (EMAR)
Record 80% of patient demographics
Patient specific educational resources - Stage 1 requires this for 10% of patients, Stage 2 is unchanged, and Stage 3 expands this to 20% in common specific languages.
Patient education leaflets should help to improve the outcome of the patient as they continue their journey to recovery. Finding a patient education leaflet in a patients native language may seem like a daunting task, yet with Lexicomp you are guaranteed a trusted source of patient education pamphlets available in 19 of the most commonly used languages in U.S. and Canada. Another important feature is the ability to directly integrate Lexicomp's patient education materials into your HIS.
Compatability can easily make or break drug database decisions when choosing information for an EMR, EHR, or HIS. Lexicomp's data is not only compatable with Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, and Access, but also provides so much more.
Lexicomp can provide:
A top of the line IT team that treats customers as partners
Specific clinical decision support functions, including drug-drug and drug-allergy interaction checking
Consumer-facing patient education materials
Compliancy with the RxNorm
Contact Lexicomp today to find out all we have to offer!
Say you are a pharmacist filling an order for an adult male. During the 
Are you looking to complete your clinical decision making process by imbedding quality and trusted drug data, complete with FDA Black Box Warnings directly into the workflow? If so, there are several options currently on the marketplace whether it be web based URLs (APIs), Web Services, or XML Datasets. Lexicomp can provide each option with drug - allergy checking, drug-drug interactions, duplicate therapy checking, and drug lists.
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