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Mobile and web-based clinical decision-support tools for infectious diseases (including COVID-19), HIV, diabetes and psychiatry.

PAUL G. AUWAERTER, M.D. INTRODUCES
The Johns Hopkins POC-IT Guides™

THE CHALLENGE

Clinical care protocols and treatments are always evolving. To take the best care of their patients, providers need to be able to access the most current and accurate information at the point of care.

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THE SOLUTION

POC-IT (Point-of-Care Information Technology) Guides provide real-time, evidence-based information that can be accessed by mobile device or computer at the bedside or in the exam room. The Guides are a decision-support tool for primary care physicians, specialists, nurses, pharmacists, medical students and other health care providers.

  • Developed and maintained by clinical experts at Johns Hopkins Medicine

  • Designed for real-time use at the bedside or in the exam room in both primary and specialty care clinical settings

  • Distills complex material into need-to-know bulleted information

  • Easily accessible, rapidly viewed and frequently updated to meet time-strapped clinicians’ needs

  • Offers CME credits
DETAILS

The ABX Guide, the HIV Guide, the Diabetes Guide, and the Psychiatry Guide meet the ever-urgent need of time-strapped clinicians by distilling complex material into need-to-know bulleted information that is easily accessible, rapidly viewed and frequently updated. Users are able to easily search the site, quickly navigate to the needed information, and apply the information promptly and seamlessly at the point of care.

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FEATURES -+
  • Monthly content updates
  • Commentary from Johns Hopkins Medicine experts
  • PubMed reference links to medical literature
  • Hundreds of brand name and generic drug listings
  • Diagnosis, Pathogen, Management, and Vaccine Indices
  • Evidence-based recommendations
  • Tabular summary of available drug forms and costs
  • Adverse reactions and drug Interactions
  • Diabetic pregnancy coverage
  • Insulin treatment options
  • Patient education sections
  • Routine preventive care
  • Vaccination guidelines
  • Coverage of complications of treatment and management options
  • Cross-links for fast navigation between bundled resources
  • Universal Index Search helps find topics fast
  • Personalized “Favorites” for bookmarking important entries
  • Access to the official Johns Hopkins Guides website
ABOUT THE POC-IT GUIDES -+
  • ABX Guide:
    • Includes current, authoritative, evidenced-based information on the treatment of infectious diseases to help you make decisions at the point of care.
    • Breaks down details of diagnosis; drug indications, dosing, pharmacokinetics, side effects and interactions; pathogens; management; and vaccines into easily accessible, frequently-updated, quick-read entries.
    • Choose the correct drug and dosage, then review the risk of potential adverse reactions or interactions.
    • Discover or confirm a diagnosis with details on pathogens and clinical considerations.
    • Access the most current content, medical news feeds, and journal citations and abstracts.
  • HIV Guide:
    • Covers the complex management of HIV, with information on infections and complications of therapy. Quickly locate detailed drug monographs, potential pathogens, therapy guidelines and strategies.
    • Review in-depth coverage of HIV therapy including infections, malignancies, clinical tests, microbiology, and treatment options.
    • Find the latest medications available for each condition—with expert drug comments.
    • Access the most current content, medical news feeds, and journal citations and abstracts.
  • Diabetes Guide:
    • Puts an in-depth resource focused solely on the management of diabetes and associated conditions in an integrated application for use on the web or mobile devices.
    • Explore the evidence-based specifics of diabetes complications—all with the most up-to-date diagnostic and treatment recommendations. The Johns Hopkins Diabetes Guide also includes “how-to” details of clinical testing and medications.
    • Answer clinical questions fast with in-depth, up-to-date, evidence-based information on diabetes and associated conditions.
    • Review details on tests, complications, drugs, and management—with expert editor comments.
    • Access the most up-to-date content, medical news feeds, and journal citations and abstracts.
  • Phipps Psychiatry Guide:
    • Provides psychiatrists and primary care providers with the latest diagnostic definitions on more than 140 topics.
    • Details of symptoms, diagnoses, medications, drug classes, and treatments are broken down into bulleted, quick-read entries.
    • Informed and evidence based guidance on whether and when to refer to specialists, as well as advice on gathering the right history and educating patients on what to expect from the referral.
      • Whether starting with a symptom or a diagnosis, the Phipps Guide brings a needed cohesiveness to doctors treating individuals with mental illness.OTHER GUIDE FEATURESCME Program Library:
      • Clinical dialogues: Engaging, video-based roundtable discussions focusing on new guidelines, recent publications, and hot topics in patient management.
      • eCase Challenges: Interactive, text-based case studies designed to integrate educational objectives into day-to-day clinical practice.

        Unbound MEDLINE:

        • Quickly search more than 22 million journal articles from the PubMed database on your smartphone and tablet. Results contain abstracts, citations, and links to available full-text articles which can be shared with classmates and colleagues. Unbound MEDLINE contains Grapherence™, an exclusive feature that visually explores the interrelationship and relevance of medical literature.[/toggle]
    • Guide Formats: Web, Mobile.
COVID-19 Treatment and Vaccine Update -+

COVID-19 Treatment and Vaccine Update

COVID-19: The Latest in Therapeutics, Prevention, and Seasonality -+

COVID-19: The Latest in Therapeutics, Prevention, and Seasonality 

Antibiotic Use in the Time of COVID-19 -+

Antibiotic Use in the Time of COVID-19

Managing Stress and Coping with COVID-19 -+

Managing Stress and Coping with COVID-19

WHAT USERS ARE SAYING -+

“This is where I start when trying to fill in gaps in my knowledge base. Thanks for a wonderful reference!—James S., M.D.

“As a student of nurse-midwifery at The Ohio State University, I have found your website and handheld application very helpful in ensuring I am prescribing in an evidence-based manner (and encouraging my preceptors to do so, also!).  Thank you for all of the effort you have put into the site.  I find it very easy to navigate and very informative!”—S. Marie G., RN

“I am a long-time user of the online antibiotic guide.  It is one of my go-to references for useful antimicrobial information.  Thank you for your awesome reference.”—Karen W., Pharm.D., Sayre, PA

“Thank you for your very informative site!”—Dr. Caryn F.—Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa

“I use John Hopkins Abx guide quite often and find it very useful.”—Dr. Krishna B.

“Thanks for such a wonderful reference!”—Amanda

“Thanks for this great service.”—Kim D., Salem, MA

“I tell all of my residents about the ABX Guide”

“It’s better than Sanford”

“I downloaded it to my iPhone in my hotel last night.  I love it.”

 

RESOURCES -+

Johns Hopkins Medicine POC-IT Guides website

POC-IT Guides CME Program Library website

 

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