LifeBot announced it has certified Odyssey Decision Support Software (DSS), the most advanced patient assessment system for Emergency EMS use, for use on it’s LifeBot® Slate tablet PC. The software may also run simultaneously the the tabelt PC with the LifeBot DREAMS telemedicine client.
Odyssey and DREAMS™ Telemedicine Integrated
Odyssey is a critical component for Community Paramedicine and Mobile Healthcare delivery. It provides for fast, safe, more accurate patient assessments in just minutes. LifeBot has issued a new technology guide entitled “Responding to the Needs of Community Paramedicine”. The guide details how the DREAMS telemedicine system, developed with the U.S. Military, is combined with Odyssey to form a powerful combination. Now each may run on the 1.5 pound portable Hewlett Packard Slate 2.
Odyssey may be utilized at the priority dispatch level, in emergency departments, clinical patient non-emergency calls centers, and in telemedicine tele-hub operations. Extremely successful, it now occupies more than sixty percent of the market for General Practitioners in the U.K. handling more than 18 million calls over a 15 year period without any major legal issues. No other clinical decision support software can make these claims. Average patient assessment times may be as little as 5 or 6 minutes, virtually eliminating ‘over-triaging’. While simultaneously increasing efficiencies, it significantly reduces the risks associated with medical errors.
Why Decision Support Software?
The Odyssey DSS performs real-time patient assessments referencing over one million words of clinical data. The human brain simply cannot perform this function. But Odyssey can, and it can do this in just a few minutes. It provides a vivid list of differential diagnoses in just seconds. This not only speeds assessments and care, but significantly lowers risks and errors.
Fast accurate pre-hospital patient assessments are also required in the design of an EMS Mobile Healthcare System. So Odyssey is not just for use in dispatch tele-nursing. The use of DSS at both the dispatch and on-board pre-hospital vehicles provides for an early alert system for discerning whether one is dealing with an emergent or non-emergent situation. Errors and risk may be significantly reduced in both areas of use.
Odyssey is the first integral component for forging a pathway to millions in healthcare delivery savings in the EMS Mobile Healthcare model; to demonstrate significant savings similar to those already produced in the UK over many years.