Johns Hopkins Point of Care Information Technology (POC-IT)
Johns Hopkins Point of Care Information Technology (POC-IT) has undertaken development ofa series of electronic medical specialty guides to assist physicians in raising the standards of care. In keeping with the educational mission, a system has been created to compress complex clinical guidelines into concise pearls of information as expert advice needed by clinicians at the point of care. The Johns Hopkins Antibiotic Guide (ABX Guide) is the first deployment of an invention called POC-IT which uses current technology to deliver condensed and distilled, expert clinical recommendations to medical providers via the world wide web and at the point of care using hand-held technologies. Description (Set) The Johns Hopkins Antibiotic Guide (ABX Guide) is the first deployment of an invention called POC-IT (Point of Care Information Technology) which uses current technology to deliver condensed and distilled, expert clinical recommendations to medical providers via the world wide web and at the point of care using hand-held technologies. The novelty of this approach centers around the creation and delivery of up to date, evidence-based care considerations and recommendations in a concise, organized and clinically useful structure. It also provides the opportunity for bi-directional data exchange between the end users and the POC-IT organization. Other significant new tools associated with this invention include the automatic update of the expert information using existing wireless technology, the use of the established user base and new technology to generate statistical analysis of usage patterns and integrated push technology to inform the user base of significant clinical discoveries. Proposed Use (Set) POC-IT technologies such as the ABX Guide are important diagnostic and treatment-decision support tools for a wide variety of clinical specialists and generalists. POC-IT technology also represents a powerful method for studying the clinical decision-making process of its end users. The technology permits data mining and analysis of user behavior, which, in turn, provides insights into patterns and trends in decision making behavior among clinicians. This insight, in turn, will improve understanding of the real world practice of medicine and the relative levels of acceptance of published guidelines by clinicians. Thus, POC-IT technology creates from the traditional academic health center model a nationwide series of interactive "communities of learning" made up of front-line practitioners.Inventor(s): McAvinue, Sharon M.
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