NDLI: Improvement in quality of care by mobile access to always-up-to-date clinical guidelines and documentation of the decision process

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	van der Velde, E.T. Atsma, D.E. Foeken, H. Witteman, T.A. Schalij, M.J. van der Wall, E.E.
Copyright Year	2003
Description	Author affiliation: Leiden Univ. Med. Center, Netherlands (van der Velde, E.T.; Atsma, D.E.; Foeken, H.; Witteman, T.A.; Schalij, M.J.; van der Wall, E.E.)
Abstract	All staff members and residents at the Department of Cardiology are provided with a Palm Tungsten-T personal digital assistant (PDA). All departmental clinical guidelines, which are based on international (ESC) and national guidelines, are available on the PDA. The guidelines are created with Frontpage and iSiloX, and are stored in iSilo format. In addition to the guidelines, medical calculators and medication subscription software are available on the PDA. Primary risk-prediction software, developed earlier in our department, is also available. To make sure that information on the PDA is always up-to-date, the devices can be synchronized wirelessly via Bluetooth LAN access points. The ability to have up-to-date clinical information on an easy to use PDA directly at the point-of-care allows consistent diagnosis and treatment of all cardiology patients according to the latest guidelines, thereby vastly improving the quality of care.
Sponsorship	European Soc. of Cardiology Nat. Inst. of Health, USA
Starting Page	761
Ending Page	764
File Size	231337
Page Count	4
File Format	PDF
ISBN	078038170X
ISSN	02766547
DOI	10.1109/CIC.2003.1291267
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2003-09-21
Publisher Place	Greece
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Guidelines Documentation Personal digital assistants Cardiology Medical diagnostic imaging Calculators Subscriptions Bluetooth Local area networks Clinical diagnosis
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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