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Unlike most other plug-ins, the Infobutton plug-in doesn't occupy its own view. Instead, it is woven into the application's Meds Review and Search views, where it provides context-aware links to knowledge resources you need to make informed patient-care decisions.
The application currently uses an Infobutton server running within the VA's Innovation Lab to provide this service, and current Infobutton resources are licensed to the HMP EV development team. As the following screen capture indicates, resources include, but are not limited to Clinical Pharmacology, MDConsult, and UpToDate. Patient education resources also include Krames Staywell.
When you click a resource (for a medication, say) the link takes you directly to information about the medication. That is, you don't need to click through the resource's site to find the information you're seeking.
The Veterans Administration (VA) has yet to determine whether it will license Infobutton resources at a national level or require sites to license the resources they want to use.
You can find Infobuttons for medications in the lower left portion of the medications' details panes.
If links are more plentiful than their alloted screen real estate, you can do one of two things to display all of them: