Healthcare Decision Support

#1 Clinical Solutions

Review date: 01.05.2012

Description:

Clinical Solutions specializes in decision support software designed for the needs of healthcare management, giving professionals the tools they need to deliver safe and quality care. Their decision-support service suite for hospital and healthcare institutions can be tailored for each patient individually.

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Advanced Features:

Support Helpdesk. E-learning system
Fully customisable
Can be implemented stand alone
Analyses the patients symptoms
Multi-browser supported interface
Comply with the Disability Discrimination Act
Triage questions module
Web-based application

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Best of all, new calls can be selected from the first advice queue. The nurse can provide advice based on their experience.

Questions are designed to identify the most critical conditions first. Clinical algorithms can be also selected by category.
Offers clinical algorithms, protocols and content for use in self-help web applications.
Algorithms based on call symptoms. All data are mamaged through accessible queues.
Software supports nurse decision by allowing them to assess the seriousness of the caller's condition.
Designed specifically for the call centre environment.
Quick access resource directory. Outlook style menus applets.
Every call details are presented to the nurse for call back.
Start-up screen gives important information to user and administrator.
Enables to to reduce incorrect use of healthcare services.

Overall, the program provides real-time tools that enhance decision-making and optimal use of resources. In addition to that, all entries taken by the user are recorded for confidentiality. Besides, vital sign can be documented into the patient record.

#2 Emerald Health Information Systems

Review date: 01.04.2012

Description:

Emerald Health Information System offers solutions to help healthcare professionals, for better decision support. This means it can define areas of improvement quickly and efficiently by accelerating decision making process with valuable insights.

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Advanced Features:

3-tier web application
Interface mapper
Web-based workload decision
Skill mix analysis
Online documentation
Integrated IRR
Data integrity checking
Multi-language support
Activity or triage base

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Best of all, developer of evidence-based decision support software for healthcare are easy to deploy and are fully MIS compliant.

Most medical error studies find 20% of errors are errors in diagnosis.
Offers built-in reports addressing staff utilization and trends.
Enables you to measure performance and key volume indicators critical.
Includes detailed training materials, on-line help and remote diagnostic support.
Enables to optimize bed utilization and manage staff workload.
Simplifies and improves the monitoring and analysis of performance.
Offers advanced clinical workload decision support software
Helps answer clinical questions with up to date knowledge.

Overall, this web-based decision support software for healthcare professionals allows to minimize deployment cost and eliminate off unit training.

#3 Healthcare Insights

Review date: 01.16.2012

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Developed by healthcare professionals, Insights is an online decision support solutions, including databases to allow quick access to critical information.

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Software Summary:

The application lets you track each department’s workload units and evaluate where you stand on productivity.

Main Features:

Decision support solution
Integrated system
Management reporting
Modeling and forecasting
Position control and tracking
Operational decision support service suite

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Care practionners will find the software responsive and intuitive.
Simplifies the order set authoring process by reducing administrative time.
Enables you to reduce costs through standardization of care. Meet the latest national clinical standards.
Point of care tools allow clinicians to sign orders electronically.
Offers ability to trend current performance and control order set application environment.

This financial decision support service suite for hospital enables you to analyze critical information in order to establish operational and financial goals. The software can be obtained directly from the vendor.

#4 Mobile Patient Charting

Review date: 01.01.2012

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MPC or Clinivision Mobile Patient Charting allows to control information in respiratory care department. The software uses the wireless technology and can be set up with various hardware options. Includes wireless synchronization for up-to-date patient records.

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Software Summary:

NOTE: Clinivision is available for sale in North America only.

Main Features:

Patient orders by zone
Interface Engine
Automates patient charting
Clinical operations management
24/7 technical support
Helps balance RT workloads
Patient-driven protocols

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Custom clinical report and mobile point-of-care documention.

Enables to help managers effectively allocate staff resources.
The software enables you to track treatments and outcomes.
Standard training available. Overview of Clinivision MPC Software.
Software updates and revisions, free of charge (up to six-month warranty).
Remote diagnostic available.
Technical support is available 24 hours a day, seven days.

In addition to that, other applications can operate on the same device. And the software also enables you make better clinical decisions with easy access to patient history. Offers also a newsletter for system users, published three times a year.

#5 Elsevier Clinical Decision Support

Review date: 01.22.2012

Description:

Elsevier offers healthcare and medical publishing and online solutions, aiming to improve quality across the care continuum. Besides, the software includes several information databases and real-time decision support solutions designed for physicians, pharmacists and nurses.

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Software Summary:

Provides smart applications and ensures all data is available any time.

Main Features:

Web-based tool
Helps to reduce the risks for medical errors
Clinical benchmarking
Coordinated care
Improved documentation

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Besides, the application helps ensure implementation and integration of clinical content.

Allows to create internet-accessible clinical decision support repositories.
Provides healthcare organizations and providers intuitive tools by offering seamless integration with the clinician's workflow.
This evidence-based content supports clinical, revenue cycle and compliance knowledge.
Enables to oost clinical productivity and improve quality by enhancing clinical decision making.

Overall, Elsevier's online clinical decision support can be installed in numerous critical access facilities, long term care and ambulatory facilities and institutions.