Wednesday, December 21, 2005

Lexi-Comp Review

Price: $225 for Lexi-Complete ($285 after March 1, 2006). $75 for Lexi-Drugs only, without herbs, drug interaction software, etc.

1 year term: Yes

Required Memory: 14 MB on main memory, 40 MB on card

Ease of use: mediocre (see below)

Information quality: excellent (see below)

Design quality: inferior (see below)

Who it's best for: pharmacy residents, researchers, clinicians who have copious spare time at the bedside to look up information

General Comments: Lexi-Drug, a very thorough drug reference text, and Lexi-Comp, a series of drug references that includes Lexi-Drug, infuse large volumes of text into entries about a given drug, with a "jump" feature to zip from one portion of text to the other. The text provides excellent information, but is difficult to use at the bedside due to its lack of windows and poor synthesis of the information it includes.

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