Contact: Check for Adverse Drug Interactions on Franklin's eBookMan® and Palm OS® HandheldsDownloadable Edition Allows Health Care Professionals Instant Access To Important Medical Reference Anywhere, Anytime
With a few taps of the stylus, users have access to accurate, up-to-date drug information in a matter of seconds. More importantly, prescribers can easily find possible adverse drug interactions between as many as 30 drugs at a time. Each interaction lists relevant references and user notes, and bookmarking allows the addition of personal comments and/or the ability to highlight important sections of text. And, as with all other medical references from Franklin, The Medical Letter® Handbook of Adverse Drug Interactions features full text searching with an automatic spell correction feature that allows medical users to find exactly what they’re looking for. "Having the ability to check for adverse drug interactions right at the point of care will ensure improved patient care. In addition to providing access to top medical references, the versatile Medical eBookMan, which fits into a shirt pocket, also provides support for personal schedule and address book information," said Toni Tracy, President of Franklin’s Medical Division. "Like many professionals today, doctors, pharmacists, and health care workers need critical information anytime, anyplace. eBookMan combines the functionality, versatility, affordability, and readability that electronic medical references need to support both specialized and general-purpose applications." "Adverse drug interactions are a big problem in the medical community, especially when publications like the Physicians’ Desk Reference contain every hypothetical interaction. The medical public needs a source with a critical summary of interactions with clinical advice for using interacting drugs together when clinical circumstances dictate. We think that our Handbook of Adverse Drug Interactions, now available for handheld devices such as eBookMan and the Palm, fills that need..." said Mark Abramowicz, Chief Editor of The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics. Franklin will also publish The Medical Letter® Handbook of Adverse Drug Interactions for download to Palm OS® devices as well as a Springboard™ Module for Handspring™ PDA’s, and is planning an edition for Windows CE®/Pocket PC devices. The Medical eBookMan has 16MB RAM and features a large 240x200 pixel LCD screen that provides more information to medical professionals the instant they need it. The backlit display is perfect for low-lit areas like a hospital and users can adjust the font size or switch the display to landscape mode for easy reading. In addition to serving as a portable medical library, eBookMan can also be used to read popular eBooks, listen to audio books and MP3 compatible music. There’s also an organizer that features an address book, date book, to-do book, and memo book, all using natural handwriting recognition. Franklin’s Medical eBookMan also includes Med-Spell, which provides access to over 50,000 words from Stedman’s Medical Dictionary. Available for $249.95, the Medical eBookMan comes with a handy leather carrying case, stereo ear-buds and an extra stylus for convenience. The Medical Letter® Handbook of Adverse Drug Interactions is easily downloaded to eBookMan for $59.95. To learn more about eBookMan Medical Edition and The Medical Letter® Handbook of Adverse Drug Interactions, please visit Franklin’s website at www.franklin.com/ebookman/medical. About Franklin Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc. (AMEX:FEP) is the worldwide market leader in handheld electronic books, including the popular BOOKMAN® series. The Company is also the exclusive producer and distributor of ROLODEX® Electronics brand of personal information management products. Franklin has sold more than 25,000,000 electronic books and currently publishes more than 200 titles, including dictionaries and bilingual dictionaries; encyclopedias; Bibles; entertainment titles; education and tutorial publications; and medical reference works. Franklin products, available in 16 languages, are sold in 45,000 retail outlets worldwide, through catalogs and online at www.franklin.com. The Company has sales and distribution subsidiaries in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, the Benelux countries, Canada, Australia and Mexico, and production management offices in Tokyo and Hong Kong. ROLODEX® is a registered trademark of Berol Corporation, a subsidiary of Newell Rubbermaid Inc. Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed throughout this release, including, but not limited to, those that are stated as Franklin's belief or expectation or preceded by the word "should" are forward looking statements that involve risks to and uncertainties in Franklin's business, including, among other things, the timely availability and acceptance of new electronic books and organizers, changes in technology, the impact of competitive electronic products, the management of inventories, Franklin's dependence on third party component suppliers and manufacturers, including those that provide Franklin-specific parts, and other risks and uncertainties that may be detailed from time to time in Franklin's reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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