PDAs in Healthcare: Patient Information and Management

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PDAs in HealthcarePatient Information and
Management

• Stephen M. Feldman, R.Ph., FASCP
• President, Hand Medical Corporation
• President, ASCP
• President, The ICPS Group

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Overview of Presentation

• What is a PDA?
• Hardware / Software Capabilities
• Availability of healthcare software
• Patient Management using PDAs

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What is a PDA?
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What is a PDA?

• Personal digital assistant
• Portability
• Operating systems
• Hot Sync with Desktop
• ease in back up
• multiple user interface
• Wireless

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Tablets
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Multiple User InterfaceIn House Network
Export
Print
Using Hot-Sync
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Multiple User Web-Based Secure ServerWireless
Technology
Export
Print
Server on Internet Real Time
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Real Time Prescription Information and
Communication
Communicated Information

• Patient allergies
• Payor Formulary
• Preferred Products
• Covered Products
• Prescription Ordering
• Eliminates handwriting errors
• Drug to drug interactions
• Adherence reporting

Physician
Pharmacist
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Real Time Integrated Healthcare Information and
Communication
Physician
Pharmacist
Laboratory
Institutional Care
Patient
Community - based Care
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Peripheral Add-ons

• Wireless Printing
• Digital Photography
• Cell phone interface
• Modems
• Keyboards

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Availability of Healthcare Related Software for
PDAs

• Prescription Prescribing
• Patient / Clinical Management Tools
• Disease Management
• Drug Information
• Drug Therapy Management
• Outcomes Management

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Software Solutions

• Disease Management
• Depression Manager
• Alzheimers/Dementia - Memory Manager
• Gero-Psychiatry Manager
• Urinary Incontinence Manager
• Wound Care Manager

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Software Solutions

• Disease Management
• Depression Manager
• Alzheimers/Dementia - Memory Manager
• Gero-Psychiatry Manager
• Urinary Incontinence Manager
• Wound Care Manager

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Software Solutions

• Therapy Management
• Anticoagulation Manager
• Clozapine Manager

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Software Solutions

• Other Management
• Medication Administration
• Med Pass Manager
• Medication Usage Evaluation
• MUE Manager
• Risk Assessment
• PrioriMed
• Senior Health Risk Assessor

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Patient / Disease Management SoftwareUsing a PDA
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Management Features

• User Education and references
• Treatment Algorithms / Guidelines
• Patient assessments
• Note writing
• Treatment Planning Ordering
• Management Treatment Notes
• Outcomes Management

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Moving from Paper to PDA

• A paradigm change
• New Abilities
• New Efficiencies
• Better outcomes

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Moving from Paper to PDA
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Moving from Paper to PDA
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