Lexi-Comp and King Guide Publications announce
relationship to enhance user experience with clinical information.
Hudson, Ohio - Technological advances over
the past several years have provided Lexi-Comp, Inc., a leading medical
publisher located in Hudson, Ohio, with tremendous opportunities to transform
the way healthcare providers access and utilize point-of-care drug information.
King Guide Publications, publisher of the King Guide to Parenteral Admixtures,
has recently enhanced its online offering with redesigned technology and the
most current knowledge in the field of drug compatibility.
Lexi -Comp, Inc. and King Guide
Publications, Inc. are pleased to announce they have agreed to a multi-year
relationship that will enable subscribers of both Internet-based products to
easily link between the two databases. This agreement took effect on December
1, just in time for subscribers, and pharmacists attending the American Society
of Health-System Pharmacists Midyear Clinical Meeting in New Orleans, to
experience this integration.
According to Robert Kerscher, President and
CEO of Lexi-Comp, Inc., "We are very excited to be working with King Guide
Publications, an industry leader in the area of compatibility content, and a
high quality organization focused on enhancing patient care. They are leading
the way in supplying healthcare providers with current answers to clinical
questions at the point-of-care. Lexi-Comp’s mission is right in line with these
objectives; that is, to provide practicing clinicians with the most accurate,
up-to-date, concise, and clinically relevant information at the point-of-care.
Our content is updated daily and gives health care providers quick access to
information that can make the practice of medicine more efficient and safer.
This relationship will enhance the user’s experience, as they will have access
to both our reference content and King Guide’s compatibility information at the
click of a mouse.”
The King Guide to Parenteral Admixtures has
been the standard in intravenous compatibility and stability information since
1971. Today, pharmacists, doctors and nurses worldwide rely upon the “King
Guide” to provide the most complete information available. To keep pace with
rapidly changing data, the King Guide is updated quarterly, and exceeds JCAHO
expectations for up-to-date references.
With over 400 fully referenced parenteral
drug monographs the King Guide is the most complete injectable drug
compatibility reference available, and is also available in print, CD-ROM and
PDA editions.
Lexi-Comp's commitment to excellence has
allowed the publishing company to establish its position as an industry leader.
Lexi-Drugs OnlineTM is utilized by thousands of healthcare providers,
academicians, and students on a daily basis. In addition, thirteen of the top
seventeen outstanding medical centers mentioned in the U.S. News and World
Reports 2002 Annual Honor Roll utilize Lexi-Comp's custom electronic
formulary service.
Lexi-Comp, Inc., founded in 1978, was
originally established to create custom reference books for clinical
laboratories. Lexi-Comp has since evolved into a major reference and custom
publisher with a suite of products available on many platforms, including
web-based, handheld/PDA, CD-ROM, and in print. Primary areas of focus for health
information content include pharmacology, diagnostic procedures and laboratory
tests, natural products, dentistry, infectious diseases, and patient education.
For more information, call (800) 837-5394, (330) 650-6506, or visit the Lexi-Comp
web site at www.lexi.com.
King Guide Publications, Inc. was founded in
1996, and has transformed the King Guide from a print only publication to a
reference for every media. For more information, contact King Guide
Publications, Inc., PO Box 10317, Napa, CA 94581, visit
www.kingguide.com,
or call toll-free (888)546-4484.
