please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . september 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message lexicomp type incorporated industry healthcare founded 1978 headquarters hudson ohio united states key people steven m. kerscher coo products mobile apps reference handbooks online software citation needed services clinical information advanced technology website www.lexi.com lexicomp is a developer of clinical information solutions . the company s products include mobile apps lexicomp online reference handbooks and desktop software . citation needed history edit 1978 lexicomp is founded in macedonia ohio by robert d. kerscher former chairman and ceo . 1979 84 in 1979 lexicomp s first custom laboratory handbook is published for fairview general hospital cleveland ohio . in 1984 the company publishes its own laboratory test handbook and soon focuses its business model solely on medical publishing . 1986 90 lexicomp hires founding pharmacist leonard l. lance rph and publishes its first custom drug formulary for baptist medical center of oklahoma . 1991 93 lexicomp partners with the american pharmacists association apha and the first drug reference handbooks were published including the drug information handbook and pediatric dosage handbook . the company s first electronic product is released lexicomp s clinical reference library on cd rom . the first edition of the drug information handbook for dentistry is introduced . 2000 to best serve the growing hospital market lexicomp develops and releases lexicomp online an internet based information solution . this same year a strategic alliance with pyxis cardinal health is developed integrating lexicomp s clinical information with medication management stations in hospitals around the country . 2001 03 lexicomp launches its first software for pda on the palm platform ; the following year software for pocket pc devices is released . in november 2001 the company records 1 million logged services in a year s time for lexicomp online . 2006 lexicomp partners with the american society of health system pharmacists ashp . together in 2007 lexicomp online with ahfs is introduced . software for blackberry is released . soon after the company logs reaches over 4 million logged services in lexicomp online in just one month . software for iphone ipad ipod touch and android is later released . 2011 lexicomp is acquired by wolters kluwer . 1 references edit http www.wolterskluwerhealth.com news pages wolterskluwerhealthtoacquireleadingglobaldruginformationproviderlexi comp.aspx external links edit lexicomp this united states corporation or company article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title lexicomp & oldid 736103850 categories health information technology companiesmedical equipment manufacturersunited states company stubshidden categories articles needing additional references from september 2014all articles needing additional referencesall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from january 2015articles with unsourced statements from december 2012all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 25 august 2016 at 05 34 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view