American Journal of Health-System Pharmacists Study Finds Skyscape Provides Best Drug Interaction Software for PDAs

Posted on March 27, 2004 By Corinne Jones News

Skyscape®, Inc. (www.skyscape.com ), the leading provider of enterprise-wide mobile medical and nursing solutions, today announced that a recently released study in the American Journal of Health-System Pharmacists found that Skyscape-powered references were the best drug interaction software available for PDAs.

The independent study evaluated nine drug interaction software programs for handheld computers from seven companies, including Skyscape and ePocrates. The study rated them based on their ease-of-use, comprehensiveness and accuracy. Skyscape-powered iFacts™ (Facts & Comparisons’ Drug Interaction Facts) was recognized as the best software program overall and received a perfect score in terms of comprehensiveness and a ranking of 390 out of 400 for accuracy, which was the highest ranking for accuracy.

By comparison, five of the nine references reviewed received a comprehensiveness score of 100 or less out of 200, with a popular free drug interaction reference receiving only 50 out of 200 points for its comprehensiveness.

Two of Skyscape’s references, Mosby’s Drug Consult and iFacts, were ranked first and second in terms of ease-of-use. The February 2004 study stated that, “The exceptionally easy-to-use interface of Mosby’s Drug Consult software and iFacts (both by Skyscape) proved fastest in determining management of relevant interactions.”

“This American Journal of Health-System Pharmacists report reinforces what Skyscape customers have known for years: Skyscape set the standard for drug references for PDAs when we introduced our first title in 1994 and we continue to innovate and lead the market today. Skyscape provides the hands-down best, most comprehensive, accurate, and easy-to-use integrated references on the market today that no other vendor has yet matched,” said RJ Mathew, vice president of marketing and business development for Skyscape. “Skyscape currently offers more than 180 proven titles, from more than 30 major medical publishers, for 35 distinct specialties and we will continue to expand the breadth and depth of our offerings for all medical professionals.”

About iFacts—The best drug interaction software for PDAs

In a world where patients frequently take multiple medications, drug interaction analyzers, such as iFacts, are critical to enabling practitioners to quickly check potential interactions between drugs and possible side effects. iFacts is the handheld version of Drug Interaction Facts, a best selling drug interaction analyzer from Facts and Comparisons, covering thousands of brand and generic drugs. iFacts enables the practitioner to refer to accurate and reliable information regarding drug interactions at the point-of-care. Skyscape indexes the information on the handheld by group, significance, and by generic and trade name, allowing practitioners to access the information that they need in a professional and efficient manner. With Skyscape’s patented smARTlink™ technology, iFacts can easily cross-index with other clinical and drug prescription products from Skyscape to provide a powerful and integrated source of clinical information.

About Skyscape

Skyscape is the leading provider of interactive, intelligent mobile solutions for healthcare enterprises and individual practitioners. Unlike other products on the market, Skyscape provides full, seamless integration for more than 180 of the most respected medical references, for 35 medical specialties, via its patented smARTlink technology. Skyscape’s mobile platform enables the enterprise-wide deployment of the industry’s most extensive portfolio of handheld medical and nursing reference information to improve the quality and efficiency of healthcare decision making at the point-of-care. Skyscape utilizes its patented ART (Advanced Reference and Transaction) infrastructure technology to create compelling high-value solutions for handheld devices that reflect and support the intuitive thought processes of the medical practitioner. Skyscape has the largest installed base of paying customers in the industry, including individual and communities of medical practitioners at Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Stanford Medical School, Partners Health System, Duke University, Mayo Clinic, SUNY and Kaiser Permanente. Skyscape’s solutions are available on multiple platforms, including Palm OS®, Windows® CE and Pocket PC. For more information about Skyscape, please visit our Website at www.skyscape.com .

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by Corinne Jones