Isabel PRO is a clinical
decision support and knowledge mobilizing system. Isabel PRO delivers as
a web-based standalone system and has been interfaced with electronic
patient/medical record. It has 2 component systems:
a)
Isabel PRO Diagnosis Reminder System (IDRS)
Isabel PRO gives the clinician a reasonable and relevant list of likely diagnoses for a given set of clinical features (symptoms, signs, results of tests and investigations etc).
Isabel PRO is designed (by clinicians) to be used by clinicians (learned intermediaries).
Following on from history taking and clinical examination Isabel PRO assists the learned intermediary by reconciling (pattern matching) patient data sets with data sets as described in medical literature (textbooks and journals).
IDRS is very different from many clinical decision support systems (CDSS) in that Isabel PRO is able to assist clinicians at the starting point of a patients clinical journey (clinical features and the construction of a differential diagnosis) and thereafter at decision nodes that require corroboration with knowledge.
Isabel PRO has taxonomy of over 10,000 diagnostic categories.
Each diagnostic category possesses a kernel of knowledge hence the term tutored taxonomy.
This kernel of knowledge is currently used to concept search (not key word search) static knowledge silos (knowledge that resides on our database textbooks, journal abstracts, annotated images, treatment algorithms) and can be used to search similar non-static knowledge silos (CDrom based or web based knowledge/content).
Isabel PRO does not generate but mobilizes disparate knowledge/content using its unique tutored taxonomy and delivers this into the clinicians workflow.
Isabel PROs diagnostic categories have the client option of tagging (e.g. SnomedCT). Clients could use Isabel PROs tutored taxonomy and/or SnomedCT tagging to retrieve knowledge into the clinician's workflow.
Isabel PRO is different from many knowledge resources in that starts at the same point clinicians and patients frequently begin i.e. with clinical features followed by the construction of a differential diagnosis. Most knowledge resources require the clinician to arrive at a diagnosis before knowledge support can be provided.
Trusts, institutions, practice groups in the UK and abroad (Institutional login)
b)
Web Delivered - Interfaced With EMR (HTML method & Query string method)
Isabel PRO is currently delivered to healthcare providers interfaced with high profile electronic medical records (EMR) systems in the USA.
Pre-assigned fields (age, gender, presenting/chief complaints) in the EMR are defined.
Data from these pre-assigned fields are submitted to Isabel PRO (single click on an Isabel PRO button in the EMR) using a secure interface.
Isabel PRO returns the results of the query in a separate window
The provider can refine the query and resubmit to Isabel PRO and/or continue to use Isabel PRO knowledge mobilization and or standard knowledge package.
Isabel PRO provides clinicians with an additional, intelligent layer that gives something back to the clinician and facilitates the process of engagement.
EMR Interface - HTML:
Using this link, Demo HTML,
you can test our reference interface, and download the demo and instructions here
EMR Interface - Query string:
Using this link, you can download instructions for the Query string method here
c)
Portal based
Isabel PRO can be also based and delivered within a trusts, institutions, practice groups portal.
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