StewardshAPP vs PneumoRecs VaxAdvisor

StewardshAPP is an Education Solution. If we can Educate our Medical Staff Providers, Nursing Staff, Patients and their Families then we can change actions and outcomes. Many of the advances in medical treatment are dependent on the ability to fight infections with antibiotics. If that is lost the ability to safely offer people many life-saving and life improving modern medical advantages will be lost with it. The more that antibiotics are used the FASTER resistance develops and the less effective they are. 1 in 3 outpatient antibiotic prescriptions are unnecessary. The solution is Antibiotic Stewardship. Antibiotic Stewardship refers to coordinated efforts designed to measure and improve antibiotic use. In layman’s terms its shepherding antibiotics to ensure they retain their purpose. Antibiotic Stewardship Programs are usually set up and run by ID physician or Pharmacy specialists. Unfortunately there is a dwindling number of these specialists and they face an ever increasing need for their expertise and expansion of their responsibilities. Our solution is Stewardshapp. Stewardshapp is a ready-made, robust tool that can be set up and run without ID training or used to extend existing expertise.

This is the PneumoRecs VaxAdvisor App created by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in collaboration with the Georgia Tech Research Institute. PneumoRecs VaxAdvisor provides patient-specific pneumococcal vaccination guidance consistent with the pneumococcal vaccination recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. Vaccination providers enter a patient’s age and respond to prompts about the patient’s pneumococcal vaccination history and underlying medical conditions. The app then displays patient-specific pneumococcal vaccination recommendations consistent with the recommended U.S. immunization schedule.