
The Source
The Source is a real-time, point-of-care decision support system
that helps clinicians make correct diagnostic and therapeutic decisions
using an interactive set of algorithms. Clinicians realize the inherent
challenge of keeping up with the ever-expanding medical knowledge
base required for accurate diagnosis and therapeutic intervention
approximately 33,000 new journal articles per month and more
than five 5 million citations in the National Library of Medicine.
The Source effectively distills this information into a manageable
form and makes it available at the point of care.
The Source provides the following benefits:
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A standardized approach
to hundreds of the most common clinical and therapeutic dilemmas
in acute care
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Patient-specific, cost-effective
recommendations through an interactive application that solicits
key clinical data, enters these into sophisticated
decision trees, and generates explicit recommendations for individual
patients.
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A fast, action-oriented, easy-to-use,
acute care knowledge base
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More than 3,000 annotated references
linked to the National Library of Medicine
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The latest information on drug
alerts and new treatments updated monthly in the "What's
New" section
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A fast, effective, key-word
and topic search engine |
VISICU
has developed The Source in conjunction with more than 50 critical
care and informatics consultants and an expert scientific advisory
board from around the world. The Source is updated monthly in the
"What's New" section and annually for content by a panel
of experts with input from the user community.
Demo The Source
The Source is available to hospitals and to physicians for an annual
licensing fee. It is a fully Web-based product and is accessed by
users with a combination of user name/, password/, and IP address.
For more information about The Source, or to gain temporary access
to The Source for evaluation purposes, contact:
Brian Rosenfeld, MD, FCCM, FCCP
Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer
brosenfeld@VISICU.com
VISICU, Inc.
217 E. Redwood Street
Suite 1900
Baltimore, MD 21202
(410) 276-1960
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