Trusted source and recognized standard for patient drug information
Drug information monographs written in lay language for consumers
AHFS is published by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists—long recognized as an authority on educating patients about drug use and safety, and a founding member of the National Council on Patient Information and Education (NCPIE)
AHFS has been a Top Ten Award Winner in the Department of Health and Human Services National Consumer Education Materials Contest.
Available in a Spanish version translated by experienced human health and medical translators (not by computer programs)
Updated monthly
Conforms to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Keystone Guidelines for the provision of “useful” prescription medicine information to consumers and the FDA's Guidance for Useful Written Consumer Medication Information
Includes “How To” monographs for administering different types of medications such as eye drops and inhalers
Identifies medications that have the potential for adverse events when used by elderly patients as recommended by a panel of nationally recognized experts (Beers Criteria). These criteria identify medications that should generally be avoided or that should be used with caution in older adults (65 years of age or older)
Nursing, public health, and other allied health fields
*lists citations and summaries of journal articles, books, book chapters
*provides full text for 1300 journals, legal cases, and clinical trials
*covers topics in nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, public health and radiology
*covers items published from 1937 to the present
* lists citations and summaries of articles and entire text of some articles in journals, magazines, newspapers, pamphlets, and reference books
*covers fitness, medicine, nutrition, public health, occupational health & safety, alcohol and drug abuse, HMOs, prescription drugs
*covers items published in the last four years
*included are:
health/medical journals
health care general interest publications
topical overviews from Clinical Reference Systems
PDR Family Guides
Gale encyclopedias
other reference sources
