INTRODUCTION
What is Evidence-Based Medicine?
What is Point-of-Care Testing?
What are the Benefits of Point-of-Care Testing?
Why Do Hospitals and Clinics Need Epocare?
Disciplines Involved in Creating Epocare
Creating Epocare: Timeline
Creating Epocare: Timeline
Phase '0': 1999
• Anticipated outcome: increased patient safety.
Phase 1: April 2000 - March 2001
• Needs assessment of 275 General Internists, 275 Family Physicians and 120 Medical Housestaff; survey of their needs for evidence resources as well as computer familiarity
Phase 2: July 2001 - November 2001
• Emulator / real PDA lab tests
Phase 3: August 2003
• 23 people chosen (12 with PDAs) for PDA testing a hospital setting
Phase 4: May 2004 - present
• eScript
Phase 5: June 2004 - present
• mEMRi
• EBRSS