Our Goal is to help you meet your goal - providing rapid and reliable answers that directly impact patient care.
As healthcare practitioners are asked to answer increasingly complex and difficult patient care questions, the MICROMEDEX Healthcare Series, including the DRUGDEX®, POISINDEX®, EMERGINDEX®, and DRUG-REAX® Systems, provides the clinician with the information they need at the point of care. The information contained within the databases is reliable, current, unbiased, and written by experienced practitioners.
DOCUMENT CREATION
New titles are written based on several factors to ensure the information needed most by clinicians is available at the point of care. Topic considerations include:
Every year, approximately 100 new drugs are added to the DRUGDEX® System. Our goal is to have a full monograph on the system when the FDA approves a drug. We closely monitor the international literature as well, providing full coverage on drugs approved outside the US. In partnership with Martindale, the DRUGDEX® system also features extensive coverage of international trade names. Since 1999, trade names from the following countries have been added, bringing the total number of countries covered to 24.
For the EMERGINDEX® System, approximately 20 new documents are added each year. Examples of new titles include:
Update Process
Once written, all of the documents are reviewed and updated on a regular basis to assure continued accuracy and relevance to current practice. The update process includes:
Thousands of additions and revisions are made with each new edition of the database. New information is continuously added as studies are published in the literature. With the release of each new volume, information published in the literature for the past three months is included. Older references continue to be retained until more recent data becomes available, and to provide a historical perspective of landmark trials. Numbers of drug evaluations updated and articles added to the DRUGDEX® system for 1999 are as follows:
Editorial Review
After the literature retrieval and writing process is complete, each document or document update undergoes a rigorous review procedure that includes:
Editorial Board
MICROMEDEX is proud of our outside editorial board of over 400 practicing clinicians that actively contribute to the databases. All of these individuals are recognized experts, and contribute greatly to the quality and expertise offered by our products. See our web site for a complete listing of our outside editorial board members.
MICROMEDEX EDITORIAL STAFF
Experienced clinicians and writers comprise the distinguished editorial staffs that represent the MICROMEDEX databases. All of our clinicians are accomplished professionals, from a wide variety of specialty areas, including pediatrics, oncology, nutrition, home health care, emergency medicine, toxicology, pharmacokinetics, pharmacoeconomics, and drug information, who contribute to the significant editorial effort required to maintain the accuracy and comprehensiveness of our products. Names and educational backgrounds are listed below:
Helen Alfaro, MHS
BA, Business Administration, Webster University
MS, Healthcare Systems, University of Denver
Certified, American Medical Writers Association
Jane Bonn, MA
MA, Library & Information Science, University of Denver
Certified, Medical Writing and Editing American Medical Writers Association; Data Processing and Statistics, University of Pittsburgh
Stephanie Briggs, PhD
PhD, Nutrition, University of California at Davis
Christopher S. Conner, PharmD
PharmD, University of Southern California
Brian Cohan, BS, RPh
BS, Pharmacy, University of Houston
MS, Computer Science, University of Colorado Denver
Houston NW Medical Center, Cardiovascular Specialist
MD Anderson Cancer Institute, MICU/SICU-Pediatric oncology Specialist
Linda M. Elbers, PharmD
BS, Pharmacy, University of Colorado
PharmD, State University of New York at Buffalo
Pediatric Speciality Residency, Children's Mercy Hospital,
Kansas City
Debbie Denzel Maloney, PharmD
BS, Pharmacy, State University of New York at Buffalo
General Pharmacy Residency, Medical Center Hospital of Vermont
PharmD, State University of New York at Buffalo
Valerie Haas, RPh
BS, North Dakota State University
Cheryl Heiland, PharmD
PharmD, Creighton University
Clinical Residency, University of Florida
Drug Information Residency, University of Colorado
Kristen Holderness, BS Pharm, PharmD
BS Pharm, University of Colorado
PharmD, University of Colorado
Kim Michael Hulko, BS Pharm
BS Pharm, University of Maryland
Certified, American Medical Writers Association
Trace Hutchison, PharmD
BS, Psychology, Michigan State University
BS Pharm, Ferris State University
PharmD, University of Michigan
Clinical Pharmacy Residency, University of Michigan
Richard S. Klasco, MD
MD, Harvard Medical School
Internal Medicine Residency, Brigham & Women’s Hospital
Emergency Medicine Residency, Denver Health Medical
Center
Diplomate, American Board of Emergency Medicine
Stacy LaClaire, PharmD, BS Pharm
BS Pharm, Albany College of Pharmacy
PharmD, University of Colorado
Oncology
Residency, University of Colorado
Karen K. Miller, PhD
BA, Psychobiology, Occidental College
PhD, Pharmacology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Patrick McBride, BS Pharm
BS, University of Colorado
David Shahan, PharmD
BS, University of Colorado
PharmD, University of Texas, San Antonio
Adult Medicine Residency, University of Texas Health Science Center
Nick Yu, BS Pharm, MBA
BS, University of Texas
MBA, University of Colorado
Last reviewed June, 2003 by EBSCO Publishing Executive Management
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