2010 Psychiatry Specialty Survey May 2010

Slide 2 Survey background Survey includes 795 psychiatrists who use Epocrates software Survey competed in May 2010 Specialists randomly selected to participate CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY © Epocrates, Inc. All rights reserved. To learn more about Epocrates, please visit us at

Majority of psychiatrists would recommend their career to med students Knowing what you do now, would you still choose a career in your specialty? Slide 3 CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY © Epocrates, Inc. All rights reserved. To learn more about Epocrates, please visit us at Would you recommend a career in your specialty to a medical student?

Over 60% of psychiatrists spend 20+ minutes with each patient CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY © Epocrates, Inc. All rights reserved. To learn more about Epocrates, please visit us at Slide 4 Length of average patient visit How has the length changed over the past 5 years? Increased: 6% Decreased: 27% The same: 67%

Half view lower reimbursements as most pressing issue What do you personally feel are the most pressing issues facing practicing psychiatrists today? CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY © Epocrates, Inc. All rights reserved. To learn more about Epocrates, please visit us at Slide 5

Nearly 30% give the health reform bill a good mark of “B” or above CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY © Epocrates, Inc. All rights reserved. To learn more about Epocrates, please visit us at Slide 6 How would you grade the recent healthcare reform bill? Frequency of patients asking about healthcare reform and how if will affect them Daily: 9% Weekly: 23% Monthly: 27% Not sure: 40% % of Psychiatrists A 2% B 26% C 45% D 14% F 13% How has the bill impacted your plans for retirement? I plan to retire later: 11% I plan to retire earlier: 7% No change: 82%

Information brought in by patients helps psychiatrists communicate with them CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY © Epocrates, Inc. All rights reserved. To learn more about Epocrates, please visit us at Slide 7

Antidepressant effectiveness primary factor in prescribing What are the most important deciding factors in prescribing an antidepressant for your patients? CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY © Epocrates, Inc. All rights reserved. To learn more about Epocrates, please visit us at Slide 8

Antidepressant selection based on efficacy and coverage CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY © Epocrates, Inc. All rights reserved. To learn more about Epocrates, please visit us at When prescribing an antidepressant, how many times do you typically need to switch drugs to find the right one for a patient? Have you had to change a depression medication for a patient due to reimbursement limitations/guidelines even though you preferred the initial treatment? Yes – 82% No – 15% Don’t know – 3% Slide 9

Epocrates software found most helpful technology for avoiding medical errors CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY © Epocrates, Inc. All rights reserved. To learn more about Epocrates, please visit us at Slide 10

45% of psychiatrists report avoiding errors weekly with Epocrates CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY © Epocrates, Inc. All rights reserved. To learn more about Epocrates, please visit us at Slide 11 Approximate ADEs or medical errors saved using Epocrates drug and formulary references

~40% of psychiatrists save more than 20 minutes per day using Epocrates CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY © Epocrates, Inc. All rights reserved. To learn more about Epocrates, please visit us at Slide 12 Approximate time saved per day using Epocrates products Today’s psychiatrists are saving more time using Epocrates products than % of physicians report saving more than 30 minutes using Epocrates – double from 10% in 2007.

Coverage issues and price the main reason PCPs change prescribing decisions Slide 13 How often have you changed a prescribing decision based on Epocrates information? What is your primary reason for changing a prescription decision with Epocrates information? CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY © Epocrates, Inc. All rights reserved. To learn more about Epocrates, please visit us at n = 774