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2016 IS
SURE to be an exciting year at
VisualDx.
On March 1, we will debut our expanded product to include general
medicine. Our entire team has been hard at
work to make the most powerful decision support tool available.
Feel free to learn more about the new VisualDx here.
We are also excited to announce that for the
fifth consecutive year, health care professionals have rated
us #1 and we are again Best in KLAS Category Leader for Clinical
Decision Support - Point of Care Reference. This
is a highly regarded honor and we are humbled to hear yet again
that doctors and nurses hold us in such high esteem. Read
more about the award here.
It’s a great privilege to announce and welcome William Bria, MD as our
new chief medical information officer. Dr.
Bria has over 30 years of clinical and medical informatics
experience. He will help shape our strategic vision and lead the
launch of the new VisualDx.
We continue to be mission driven – to improve diagnostic accuracy
and to give health care practitioners the tools they need to
provide faster, better point-of-care diagnoses. Thank you for
being partners with us on this journey.
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SINCE
VISUALDX is a visual tool, we've
used symbols to help you quickly identify key information
throughout the software. Travel, medication reactions, types of
exposures, and so on are represented by different icons so that
providers can rule a diagnosis in or out at a glance. Icons may
also trigger a provider to ask additional questions during an
exam.
Download a cheat sheet with the new
symbols.
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WE'RE
HAPPY to announce the start of
the VisualDx blog on our
website. Check in to see articles from our CEO, Art Papier, MD,
discussing clinical decision support and diagnostic errors. Find
out what's happening at VisualDx - new product features and tips.
Interact with guest bloggers about their experiences in medicine.
Join the conversation on
the blog and let us know if you're interested in becoming a guest
blogger.
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Five Things You Need to Know about Zika -
CNN International
Zika: Brazil to Deploy Army in Fight
Against Virus - BBC
El Salvador's Advice on Zika Virus: Don't
Have Babies - New York Times
ZIKA
CONTINUES to dominate the news in 2016 as the
virus continues its rapid spread around the globe. As of this
writing, Zika has been confirmed in at least 23 countries and the
WHO believes all but 2 countries in the Americas will be
affected.
Zika virus is a mosquito-borne RNA virus closely related to the
dengue virus. After being bitten by an infected mosquito,
patients experience symptoms like fever, arthralgias,
conjunctivitis and a widespread morbilliform rash, usually
apparent 3-7 days after initial infection. While symptoms are
mild in most cases, Zika is being linked to microcephaly in
infants and fetal losses in pregnant women.
What’s most concerning is there is no current treatment for Zika.
Some countries are taking an extra step in stopping the spread by
asking women to avoid becoming pregnant for as long as 2
years.
Doctors who may see patients with Zika are asked to call the
state department as the CDC and states work together to expand
Zika testing capacity.
Zika virus and 1300 new diagnoses are part of the new VisualDx,
launching on March 1. Click here for a full look at the CDC
Health Advisory.
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JOIN US for
a brief 30-minute webinar to learn about the new features you can
expect to find in the new VisualDx. Or contact us for a private demo
for your staff.
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A
30-YEAR-OLD woman visited her doctor
complaining of a burning sensation on her tongue. First she had
blamed it on a spicy meal she had eaten, but the feeling didn’t
go away and now she felt as though she wasn’t able to taste food
as usual. Over a month ago she had noticed a white plaque on her
tongue, but it had disappeared within a day so she hadn’t thought
much of it.
Can you
diagnose the patient? Use the Differential
Builder in VisualDx to help you.
Look for
the answer on our Facebook page on Tuesday,
February 2. Follow us on Facebook for a new quiz every Monday!
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WE WILL be
demonstrating VisualDx at the following events. We can't wait to see
you there!
- Association of
Departments of Family Medicine (ADFM) Annual Meeting - February
17-20, San Antonio, TX
- HIMSS Annual
Conference and Exhibition - February 29-March 4, Las Vegas, NV
- American Academy of
Dermatology (AAD) Annual Meeting - March 4-7, Washington, DC
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