In partnership with the NCAS-hosted National Antimicrobial Resistnce and Stewardship Forum 2018, and as the information technology innovations arm of NCAS, we are holding a dedicated information and discussion session for our current Guidance users. With the PPR Tool in place in many hospitals, we are keen to share some recent experiences, and show you some of the other latest developments that we have been working on this year. These include the Universal Indications List and an updated guideline management program to replace the Guideline Builder program. We would also like to share recent experiences on integrating with eMM systems to improve approval workflow.
A study published in the Infectious Disease Reports in October 2017 demonstrated that use of Guidance MS and other resources such as evidence-based guidelines appear to be important to driving rational antimicrobial prescribing within AMS programs.
Positive impacts of Guidance MS demonstrated in an independent study A study published in the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy in July 2017 independently evaluated the impacts of Guidance MS across a network of New South Wales hospitals over a number of years. This study found that the implementation of Guidance MS as a centrally-deployed electronic tool on multisite AMS programs led to improved antimicrobial use and patient outcomes, and reduced drug costs and length of stay for key infections.
Read HereGuidance – eMeds integration at Prince of Wales The Guidance – eMeds integration project at Prince of Wales was a significant development that enabled hospitals using the Cerner e-prescribe system to seamlessly access Guidance to obtain an approval to prescribe a restricted drug at the time of prescribing. Phase 2 of the project will enable the approval information to come back into Cerner e-prescribe. If your hospital is interested in implementing this solution or to scope requirements to integrate Guidance with your e-prescribing system, please contact us.
Contact us Guidance – eMeds integration at Prince of WalesGuidance Post Prescription Review Tool We are looking for hospitals to pilot our new Post Prescription Review Tool (PPRT). If your hospital is interested, please contact us to organise a live demonstration of the tool or to discuss implementation options. The system will be going live at Epworth Healthcare at the end of July 2017.
Contact us Guidance Post Prescription Review ToolGuidance AMS development After extensive user group discussions in NSW, VIC, TAS and QLD, we are drafting the functional specifications to develop the new version of Guidance. Soon, we will be looking for super users to help us rank the priorities and elaborate on functionality such as reporting and content management. If you are interested to be involved, please let us know.
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