PEPID
Clinical decision support and drug reference for healthcare professionals
About PEPID
PEPID is a clinical decision support platform that provides evidence-based medical reference tools, drug interaction checks, dosing calculators, and differential diagnosis generators. Founded in 1994, it serves healthcare professionals, hospitals, and medical schools with point-of-care information accessible on mobile and web.
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Comprehensive drug database with over 100,000 drug products and real-time interaction checking
- 25+ years of clinical content development ensures reliable, evidence-based information
- Mobile-first design enables point-of-care access on iOS and Android devices
- Extensive dosing calculator library with 3,000+ weight-based and IV drip-rate calculators
- EHR integration capabilities via API and HL7 Infobutton standards
Cons
- Annual pricing may be expensive for individual practitioners without institutional support
- Interface can feel dated compared to newer clinical decision support tools
- Limited free trial period of only 14 days to evaluate the platform
- Enterprise and integration features require custom pricing with no self-serve option
Key Features
Drug Interaction Checker
Check medications against drug-drug, drug-food, and drug-allergy interactions in real time
Dosing Calculators
Over 3,000 weight-based and IV drip-rate dosing calculators for adult, pediatric, and geriatric patients
Differential Diagnosis Generator
Generate differential diagnoses by inputting patient gender, age, symptoms, and severity
Medical Calculators
800+ medical calculators, equations, and scores including Glasgow Coma Scale, NIH Stroke Scale, and body surface area
Pill Identifier
Search for drug information by score, shape, and color to help clinicians avoid medication errors
Drug Allergy Checker
Check medications against known food allergies and drug hypersensitivities before prescribing
EHR Integration
Integrate clinical data into any electronic health record system via API or HL7 Infobutton through Backbone Knowledgebase
CME Credits
Access continuing medical education credits directly within the platform while using clinical tools
Pricing
- Drug information database
- Drug interaction checker
- Dosing calculators
- Pill identifier
- Everything in PDC
- Differential diagnosis
- Medical calculators
- Emergency protocols
- CME credits
- Everything in PDC
- Ambulatory care content
- Primary care workflows
- Medical calculators
- CME credits
- EHR/EMR integration
- Backbone Knowledgebase SDK
- Institution-wide licensing
- Custom deployment
- Dedicated support
Best For
Emergency Medicine
Quickly check drug interactions, calculate dosing, and generate differential diagnoses during time-critical emergency department encounters
Medical Education
Support medical students and residents with evidence-based reference tools and continuing medical education credits during training
Primary Care Practice
Assist primary care physicians with ambulatory care content, medication management, and patient medication education
Hospital Systems
Deploy institution-wide clinical decision support integrated with existing EHR and EMR systems via Backbone Knowledgebase
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