Thursday, October 4, 2007
The New Clinical Pharmacology
The new clinical pharmacology user interface offers many advantages over the old interface which makes the website much more user friendly. First, the new interface has many more ways to search for drug information from the main screen. You have the option of getting drug interaction and IV compatibility information from the drop down box titled Reports. Many pharmacists can use this way of searching as an easy way to look up potential drug interactions for their patient as well as needed compatibilities in hospital pharmacies. You can also specify your search to look for drugs based on indication, adverse reaction, or contraindication by using the Find/List drop down box. This type of search is especially helpful when given a diagnosis of a patient to determine which treatment option may be the best. The new site offers a Resource Center box where you can look up information on lab values as well as find ways to contact the manufacturers of drug products. Lastly, there is a Patient Information drop down box that is helpful for people not in the health care field who want certain drug information for drugs they take or are interested in taking. Information found in this area is great for patients because it gives them the necessary information they are looking for without all the unnecessary pharmaceutical information that those not in health care field won't understand anyway. The old interface of Clinical Pharmacology also offers many of these advantages, however it is much harder to navigate around the website to find the information you need. This version has the old right hand side search box, which I believe is outdated and not very user friendly. Both sites offer the same vast variety of clinical drug information that is considered the "gold standard" of drug information sources, however their decision to upgrade the website and ways to search for information will make this new interface much more useful and user friendly for health care professionals in need of accurate and quick drug information.
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I couldn't agree with you more! I also like the new clinical pharmacology much better than the old. Like you said that right-hand search payne was very outdated and the new split screen is more user friendly. My other favorite part of the new version is how easy it is to look up unknown tablets or capsules.
The new clinical pharmacology is much better than the old version. I like the central search box along with the drop boxes. Very easy to navigate. The Drug Identifier is very convenient being always accessible. The black box warning list is also a great new addition. MedGuides are also easy to attain and are essential to pharmacy practice today. These are just a few of the many reasons why I like the new CP better than the old CP.
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