DocbookMD/Medweb partnership is set forth to transform the world of Telemedicine and integrate it into physicians’ daily practice
AUSTIN, TX - May 5, 2013 - In today’s age where sending an email or text message are second nature, it’s hard for many to comprehend that this simple transfer of information is not an option for most doctors when sharing patient information and reaching a diagnosis.
Enter … DOCBOOK Gateway.
Formed from an alliance of two innovative leaders in Telemedicine, Medweb and DocbookMD, DOCBOOK GATEWAY provides secure (military encryption) sharing of urgent labs, images, and reports directly to a doctor’s mobile device from multiple hospitals and information systems, enabling doctors to share vital information instantly in a manner many of us take for granted. It also allows users to share teleconsultation images, X-rays, CT, MRI, and EKGs directly with any DOCBOOK Gateway user. This groundbreaking technology provides doctors a convenient way to view relevant information about their patients in real time whether they are at the hospital, out to lunch, or in a conference. The Gateway recognizes stat consult requests, reports, images, and lab values and sends a separate alert to the mobile device while providing a single button interface to let the physician browse routine reports at any time. Already hundreds of thousands of physicians and their care teams are in the DocbookMD directory throughout the US. Best of all, the DocbookMD app remains completely free to the physician.
Dr. Steven Roberts, MD in Tyler, Texas, states, “When suggesting a consult in a different specialty to a patient, I'll dial up that specialist and discuss the options the patient has while looking at the picture and the doctor’s resume. The patient feels he knows something about the consultant and this loosens up the early stages of the first visit.”
A similar story in Alameda-Contra Costa, California by Dr. George Lai, MD, who specializes in Nephrology, says, “During a visit to the hemodialysis unit, I saw a patient who had an inflamed vascular access graft, and which I felt needed immediate attention. With the use of DocbookMD I was able to take a picture of the wound with my phone, and sent it to a vascular surgeon. He quickly took a look at it, and replied to me to send the patient to his office. The patient was admitted to the hospital to have the graft removed. We were able to transmit the image securely using DocbookMD. This utility has been a great help in providing secure, quick communication between physicians. The simple ability of sharing patient’s labs, photos, reports, etc. in an instant manner generates faster collaboration between doctors and ultimately better care for patients.
Docbook Gateway is a device that accepts messages from hospital information systems, EMRs, and PACS and then automatically routes relevant labs, images, and reports to the practicing physician’s smartphone or tablet device (including Windows 8 tablets). It uses standard medical imaging and informatics protocols like HL7, DICOM, and IHE to sift through multiple hospital and private practice information systems and delivers it neat and organized manner to the doctor’s mobile device.
Throughout the ATA, Medweb and DocbookMD will be demonstrating this revolutionary telemedicine mobile application that provides clinicians, first responders and other healthcare providers’ immediate access to tools that close distance and save time in remote health care and deployed emergency situations. Imagine the response time this could curtail in emergency situations such as car accidents, natural disasters, and emergency triage situations. The integrated directory organized by specialty and location allows triage and referral to occur literally in the palm of your hand.
About Medweb
Medweb has been setting the standard for telemedicine for over 20 years with secure, innovative, and easy to use solutions for a variety of government, healthcare and educational institutions. The company’s ecosystem of radiology, Telemedicine, and Disaster Response IT solutions includes image acquisition, routing, storage and display technologies. Medweb provides a scalable, patented web-based platform, fully customizable to meet the needs of clinical specialists and administrators. Additionally, Medweb offers the most secure PACS and Telemedicine architecture available today, having consistently met or exceeded the stringent customer network security standards for the past 15 years. Medweb has implemented thousands of security enhancements beyond most traditional PACS, integrating the latest cyber security enhancements available. For more information, visit www.medweb.com.
About DocbookMD
DocbookMD is a rapidly growing HIPAA-secure messaging application for smartphone and tablet devices with users in over 30 states. Through DocbookMD, physicians and designated members of their Care Teams can send secure messages bundled with photos of X-rays, EKGs or other patient information, resulting in faster and richer consultations on patient care and treatment. By putting doctors in control and transcending practice settings and other medical technology solutions, including individual EMR systems, DocbookMD enables the kind of immediate, secure communication that can change the face of healthcare. For more information visit docbookmd.com.