The largest drug knowledgebase on the market with extensive clinical content and modules. Proudly based in the USA and enriching the medical field since 1994.
Robust, authoritative, actionable.
Welcome to Backbone by PEPID.
Designed for context sensitivity, the modular architecture of the Backbone Knowledgebase offers extremely granular and customizable returns to deliver only the information that is relevant to the user, and only at the points in the care process where it is desired.
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EST. 1994
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The PEPID Knowledgebase brings all of the drug data together to create action-oriented monographs. Concise bullet point content delivers everything from dosing algorithms to pregnancy/lactation restrictions to provide clinicians with all the information they need when making treatment decisions.
Drug Information & Database
The most extensive drug information database on the market today, PEPID contains U.S., Canadian, and International drug names, including all the drugs in the AHFS, generics, over-the-counters, herbals and foods. Our Industry-leading authoritative drug data is continuously updated and reviewed by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP).
Clinical Decision Support
The PEPID Knowledge Base contains the full spectrum of clinical decision support for every member of the care team. From initial consultation to assessments, diagnosis, treatment and follow-up care, PEPID provides the most authoritative and extensive electronic reference information available. Learn More about specialized data sets for providers in:
- Primary and Ambulatory Care
- Emergency Department
- Pediatric Care
- Pharmacy
- Nursing
- Paramedic/EMT
Medical and Dosing Calculators
Prevent medication errors related to improper dosing. Covering more than 3,000 weight-based and IV drip-rate dosing calculators, PEPID’s dosing calculators are drug-specific to promote medication safety.
Evidence-Based Medicine
Employ best-practice methods by referencing evidenced-based content inquiries from the Best Evidence in Emergency Medicine, the Family Physician Inquiries Network and the Oncology Nursing Society.
Medical Images and Illustrations
Our illustration and image database provides healthcare professionals with a visual reference for diagnosing or procedures, featuring thousands of images available and integrated into relevant content data sets.
Drug-Drug Interaction Alerts
Check for possible interactions between a patient’s entire medication regime, including prescriptions, over-the-counters, herbals, supplements, and foods. The most powerful drug interaction checker available, PEPID provides a ranked listing of all possible interactions and a description of each reaction.
Drug-Allergy Alerts
IV Compatibility Tool
Check compatibility between IV drugs in Y-site, syringe or as an additive to minimize adverse drug events and maximize IV management and preparation.
Differential Diagnosis Generator
Pinpoint the causes of patient symptoms for better-informed diagnoses with PEPID’s DDX.
Patient Education Handouts
Our easy-to-understand patient education handouts are a great way for physicians to improve communication with patients. The information is concise and summarizes the most important information in regards to the prescription, rather than package inserts that are lengthy and difficult for non-clinicians to understand.
Pill Pictures
A picture is worth a thousand words and speaks volumes in identifying medications. Healthcare professionals can easily identify patient medications and reduce medication errors with the help of PEPID’s high-quality, comprehensive medication images.
Integration-Ready Solutions
Backbone Knowledgebase provides all healthcare information systems — EMR, EHR, EDIS, HIS, HIE, ePrescribe, and more — with the medical and drug data and SDK necessary to integrate medical and drug data in a way that best meets a clinician’s needs for maximum functionality and usability.
PEPID offers an unmatched selection of clinical decision-support modules available for integration. From disease profiles to pill pictures to our Drug-Allergy Checker, every health information system can benefit from PEPID’s customized solutions.
Knowledgebase At A Glance
Supported Nomenclatures
| ICD-10 | C-DIN | SFDA |
| SNOMED | CPT | UMLS |
| RxNorm | ATC | |
| NDC | LOINC |
Data Expression
| XML | SQL | ASCII |
| HTML | JSON | Flatfile |
Complies with HL7® Standards
| FHIR® | InfoButton | C-CDA® |
Development Toolbox
| SDK | Services | TLS |
| API | Restful | SSL |
| Web | SOAP | AJAX |
Integration
| EHR | Portal |
| EMR | HIE |
| EPR | SLA 99.9% |
| Uptime | PHR |
| HIE | EDIS Patient |
| PBM | Ambulatory |
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Big Data Meets
Big Decisions
At PEPID we have CDS for your integration needs — no matter how big or small.
Backbone by PEPID provides all healthcare information systems – EMR, EHR, EDIS, HIS, HIE, ePrescribe and more – with the medical and drug data, and SDK necessary to integrate medical and drug data in a way that best meets clinician’s needs for maximum functionality and usability.
