Digital CDS Resource Gives Healthcare Providers On-Demand Support for Pediatric Care
HealthLeaders Media June 7, 2022
PedsGuide, an mHealth app developed by Children’s Mercy Kansas City, is an on-demand clinical decision support platform designed to assist rural and remote healthcare providers who are treating children.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Rural and remote hospitals, clinics, primary care physicians and EMS providers often don’t have the expertise to treat children in an emergency, so they end up doing what they can and then transporting those patients to a larger, often distant, facility.
The development of mHealth apps for clinical decision support enables providers to access diagnosis and treatment information on demand through their laptops or smartphones, giving them the tools they need for better emergency triage and care.
Children’s Mercy Kansas City has developed PedsGuide to give providers immediate access...