I just attended an on-line demo session with Jim Garvie and Judy Thierry of the IHS presented by Col. Jill Phillips of from Walter Reed and someone who's name I don't know. I was interested to see what the DOD had for pediatrics and OBGYN as a model for our modules, so this is not quite what I expected. However, it has things that are helpful to think about and maybe use in all clinical settings. It reflects a lot of thought and good input from clinicians in it's design for rapid use and collection of data and I think we can learn from it.
This system is web based and can import data from CHCS I but cannot put it back in. CHCS I can apparently be run next to it on the same PC. It can generate a paper History and Physical for the admission of the patient to the hospital. It is Oracle based and currently serves Walter Reed and outlying clinics. It is also used elsewhere. It is strongly oriented to shaping care to meeting guidelines and best practices for disease management. It also allows for multiple survey tools to be completed by the patient and that data entered into the system. The patient is given something called a Point-Of-View which has much of the attraction of the touch screen laptop for gathering data but none of the attraction for theft. They surveys be served by a Kiosk or by docking the protable units as I understand it. There is a picture of the unit that could be handed to patients in a waiting room here on page 3. http://www.healtheforces.org/user_guide/HeF-kiosk.pdf There is a full demo of the system here, much like the demo the VA has for CPRS at www.va.gov/vista. https://160.151.186.82/icdb/apps/login/login_lb.asp and a link to the demo and other information here. http://www.healtheforces.org They would be interested in partnering with someone who could get a grant to utilize this system. From what I heard from them, this is likely FOIAble, but they feel strongly that being handed the software is going to be of no use to anybody. If anyone wants to chat about it, you know how to find me. -- Nancy Anthracite [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Sybase ASE Linux Express Edition - download now for FREE LinuxWorld Reader's Choice Award Winner for best database on Linux. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=5588&alloc_id=12065&op=click _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
