Ahfs clinical drug information tutorial

1. Help Faster. Heal Smarter.
Real Time Drug Information to Advance Care

2. Product Features
• With AHFS CDI you can:
– Access drug shortages information, anytime, anywhere for free!
– Get fast access to comprehensive, evidence-based drug
information
– Search all databases by index or perform a full-text search
– Create user-specific favorites and add notes
– Access thousands of monographs with links to more than
56,000 sources of supporting evidence, drawn from 90,000 cited
references
– Utilize extensive linking to over a dozen related resources and
databases, with more to come
– Get in-depth, unbiased coverage of off-label uses
– View seamlessly incorporated FDA safety data
– And much more

3. Product Features
• Offers electronic access to:
– AHFS Drug Information (content from printed
edition plus electronic-only monographs)
• Comprehensive drug monographs on most FDA-
approved Rx/OTC medications
– AHFS DI Essentials
• “Point-of-care” drug monographs; same scope as AHFS
• Additional sections of content on injectable drug
compatibility (summaries from Handbook on Injectable
Drugs) and “Advice to Patients”

4. Product Features
• Offers electronic access to:
– Drug Shortages (same content available on ASHP
Drug Shortage Resource Center; from University of
Utah Drug Information Center)
• Frequent Updates
– Real-time updates of Drug Shortages from Univ
Utah
– Weekly for new FDA-approved drugs and safety
information (i.e., MedWatch Alerts)
– Monthly for general editorial revisions

5. Desktop and Mobile Browser

6. Login Screen
• https://www.ahfscdi.com
• Existing users
– Enter username and
password
– Click continue
• New users
– Click Create Account 
Enter info
– If you have a code, check
box and enter code
– Click Continue

7. Navigation Bar
Favorites
Create a list
of favorite
drug
monographs
Shortages
View ASHP’s
detailed
Drug
Shortages
Database
Drugs
Search for
drug
monographs
by generic or
brand name
Drug
Classes
View drugs
organized by
AHFS Drug
Classification
Notes
Create and
save your
own notes
for each
monograph
Settings
Change
default
monograph
view, sign
out of app,
etc…

8. Drugs Tab
Search Bar
Drug Card
Full Text Search
Check Box
Favorite Star
• Search Bar
– Search for a drug by brand, generic, or AHFS Classification name
• Full Text Search
– Shows only monographs that contain the word/phrase in the search bar
• Drug Card
– Click drug title to view drug monographs for that drug
– Contains AHFS Class Number, common brand names, and shortage flags
– Click Favorite Star to add that drug to your personal list of favorites
• Your list of favorites is always available via the Favorites tab

9. Drugs Tab – Full Text Search
• Searching for “ankylosing spondylitis and clicking the check box
next to “Full Text Search” will only show monographs containing
that phrase
• Clicking on a monograph will highlight that term everywhere it
appears in the monograph

10. Drugs Tab – Full Text Search

11. Drug Monographs
• AHFS Drug Information • AHFS Essentials
• ASHP’s comprehensive, federally
recognized compendium for
establishing medically accepted
uses of drugs, both labeled and
off-label
• ASHP’s highly structured,
actionable, point-of care
summary database
Drug CardFlip Easily Between Versions

12. Drug Monographs
• Icons in the top right of monograph screen
– Pencil: Add note to monograph
– Star: Add monograph to favorites list
– Siren: Go to the drug shortage monograph
• Only visible if a shortage exists for this drug
Click Pencil to add note
to monograph
Click Star to add
monograph to favorites
Click Alert to go to Drug
Shortage Monograph

13. Drug Monographs
• Click drop down
menu at top of
monograph to
navigate to different
sections
Monograph
Navigation
Menu

14. Drug Monographs – Related Resources
• Integrated access to a dozen related authoritative resources via the
Related Resources section
• Clicking the PubMed URL opens a PubMed Search of the drug name

15. Drug Monographs – Related Resources

16. Favorites Tab
• All monographs that you star will appear
under the favorites tab for quick reference

17. Shortages Tab
• Search Bar
– Search for a drug by brand or generic name
• Full Text Search
– Shows only drug shortages that contain the word/phrase in the search
bar
• Shortage Card
– Shows when shortage was last updated
– Shows shortage “status”
• Filter
– Filter list on shortage “status”
Search Bar
Shortage Card
Full Text Search
Check Box
Filter

18. Drug Shortages Monograph

19. Drug Shortages Monograph

20. Settings Tab
• Set your default
monograph view to AHFS
DI or Essentials
• Set your default Section
– The section that appears
after logging into the app
• Change your email
address
• Add a redemption code to
activate a subscription
• Sign out of the
application

21. Native iOS App

22. Login Screen
1. Press “Sign In”
2. Existing users
a. Enter username and
password
b. Click continue
3. New users
a. Must first create an
account @
https://ahfscdi.com
b. Once you have created
your account, come back
to the iOS app and log in

23. Main Screen
• Search for drug monographs
by generic or brand nameSearch
• View ASHP’s detailed Drug
Shortages DatabaseDrug Shortages
• Create a list of favorite
drug monographsFavorites
• Create and save your own
notes for each monographNotes
• Sign out of app, update
monographs, etc…Profile

24. Search Screen
• Search Bar
– Search for a drug by brand or
generic name
– Highlights the term on drug card
– Shows other drug cards for drugs
that may have combination
products with the searched term
• Drug Card
– Click drug title to view drug
monographs for that drug
– Contains AHFS Class Number,
common brand names, and
shortage flags
– Touch card to go to that
monograph
Search Bar
Drug Card

25. Drug Monographs
• AHFS Drug Information • AHFS Essentials
• ASHP’s comprehensive, federally
recognized compendium for
establishing medically accepted
uses of drugs, both labeled and
off-label
• ASHP’s highly structured,
actionable, point-of care
summary database
Drug CardFlip Easily Between Versions

26. Drug Monographs - Navigation
• Click drop down
menu at top right of
monograph to
navigate to different
sections
Monograph
Navigation
Menu

27. Drug Monographs – Share Icon
• Click share icon to:
– Add monograph to
favorites
– Add personal note to
monograph
– Provide feedback on
the monograph
Share Icon

28. Favorites Screen
• All monographs that
you star will appear
under the favorites
tab for quick
reference
• Flip between favorite
drug and shortages
monographs

29. Drug Shortages Screen
• Search Bar
– Search for a drug by
brand or generic
name
• Shortage Card
– Shows when shortage
was last updated
• Filter
– Filter list on shortage
“status”
Filter
Search Bar
Shortage Card

30. Drug Shortages - Navigation
• Click drop down
menu at top right of
monograph to
navigate to different
sections
Shortage
Navigation
Menu

31. Drug Shortages – Share Icon
• Click share icon to:
– Add monograph to
favorites
– Share the shortage
Share Icon

32. Profile Screen
• Sign out of the
application
• Download latest data
– Will inform you if the
data is out of date
• Update and view
subscription
information
• Contact ASHP for
support