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The Faculty Advisor Program presents A. David Satin, MD, who explores the vital role of point-of-care informatics in medical clerkships. Learn how to identify and utilize information resources effectively, decide on the right materials, and view these resources in action. Discover essential hardware and software tools, including smartphones, clinical consults, medication guides, and patient handouts. Gain insights into pharmaceutical influences within software programs like Epocrates and explore diverse medical resources to enhance your clinical knowledge and skills.
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A David Satin MD Production Department of Family Medicine and Community Health
Point of Care Informatics: Everything you need for clerkship… starting from google
Objectives • Identify the point of care information resources you might want to use throughout clerkship. • Decide which resources you will use and how you will acquire them. • View these resources in action.
Point of care informatics • Definition • Purpose • How to do it
Hardware • Smartphone or comparable handheld computer AND/OR • A computer in the patient care setting AND/OR • A bunch of pocketbooks and desk references
Software • General medical information source • Medication guide • Antibiotic guide • Patient handouts
BIG PHARMA’s influence • Epocrates is the only program I’ll demonstrate with any pharmaceutical industry collaboration. It does so by: • Some Doc alerts are written by pharma corps. • Some of the free software associated with Epocrates are sponsored by pharma corps.
Software – General Info • 5 minute clinical consult • Specialty 5 minute clinical consults • Pediatric consult • Emergency consult • Infectious disease consult • Orthopedics consult • Merck/Harrison’s medical texts • Up to date
Software – Medication Guide • Epocrates • Tarascon Pocketbook • Micromedex
Software – Antibiotic Guide • Epocrates ID • Sanford ID Pocketbook • Johns Hopkins Antibiotic Guide
Software – Patient Handouts • Familydoctor.org • Low literacy handouts • Ethnomed.org (not from google but great site) • Others?