ANTIBIOTIC ASSISTANT
Control antimicrobial resistance in your hospital. The TheraDoc® Antibiotic Assistant® gives you real-time access to patient-specific data and evidence-based medical knowledge–so you can make the right decision at the right time.Each year, 25 million pounds of antibiotics are produced for human consumption. But approximately half of them are used inappropriately1. As a result, multidrug resistance is on the rise. Bacterial pathogens grow stronger and deadlier. Treatment options dwindle and lose effectiveness. And patient lives are at risk. To combat this real and dangerous threat, you need a comprehensive solution for institution-wide surveillance that optimizes antimicrobial therapy and enhances patient safety. You need the TheraDoc® Antibiotic Assistant®.
Rapidly diagnose infectious diseases–and treat them effectively.
Are you responsible for antimicrobial stewardship? The TheraDoc Antibiotic Assistant is everything you need to monitor and analyze infectious diseases at the point of care–and to intervene with confidence when pathogens threaten your patients. Combining evidence-based medical knowledge with on-site, real-time analysis of clinical data, the Antibiotic Assistant helps you prescribe appropriately the first time. It leverages patient- and disease-specific data to recommend optimal treatments–and that means you can make informed, timely decisions.
Focus on prevention and treatment–not hunting and gathering.
With the Antibiotic Assistant, you'll spend less time hunting through medical data and more time preventing infection-related deaths in your hospital.
Not only does the Antibiotic Assistant gather real-time patient-specific data for you, its TAM Alerts™ (Therapeutic Antibiotic Monitoring Alerts) notify you of drug-bug mismatches and resistant pathogens in real-time. You'll be alerted when it's time to consider switching from IV to PO therapies, or when dose adjustments are needed in response to changes in a patient's renal function. With the Antibiotic Assistant, you can intervene faster with the right therapy to significantly improve patient care and reduce the length of hospital stays. What's more, you can choose how this critical information is delivered–whether to your computer, pager, phone or PDA.
Stabilize antimicrobial resistance rates–and hospital expenses.
By controlling the antimicrobial resistance rates and avoiding preventable medication errors in your hospital, you'll also control your hospital's costs. Systemic antimicrobials are the number one therapeutic expense for non-government hospitals, reaching almost $2.7 billion in 20032. But, equipped with the Antibiotic Assistant, you can fight these escalating costs and save hundreds of thousands of dollars. Using relevant, up-to-the-minute data, you'll optimize use of appropriate drugs, treat infections more efficiently and get catheters out faster. It all adds up to a healthier bottom line for your hospital–and happier patients walking out your hospital doors.
1http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/482779.
2Am J Health-Syst Pharm-Vol 62 Jan 15, 2005.
