iHeartScan vs Westmead Trauma Algorithm

The iHeartScan App is a clinical echocardiography (heart ultrasound) reporting system. The data includes numeric measurements and free text as well as the ability to upload representative photographs or video clips from the study. Storage of a completed study is on cloud servers. The identifying information and the remainder of the study are stored on separated databases to protect privacy. The interactive PDF report sent by email will include all of the data as well as thumbnails of the multimedia which will link dynamically to the source picture or video stored on the cloud. The PDF report can be archived in an electronic medical record. There are three levels of data entry possible:- - Brief and focussed, based on pattern recognition without many measurements (2 mins) - Goal focussed, incorporating additional and limited 2D and Doppler measurements (2-3 mins) - More comprehensive, including quantitative valve and diastolic function measurements (5 mins) User Manual from the iTunes book store: Search on iHeartScan. iPad and iPhone versions are available. Create a User:- - Please create a new user by clicking the Registration Button (your Apple ID will not work as a login) After a 30 day introductory offer, the FULL functionality will lapse and a subscription for 6 or 12 months is required. The LITE version is fully functional except that no patient details or multimedia are able to be recorded. In order to assist the practitioner to fully maintain patient confidentiality, the App includes in-App communication. An email sent to the user or recipient email address will notify them of a message, but the contents of the message can only be read or sent via the iHeartScan App. A News feed is also present to keep members up to date with the latest developments. Further information or feedback is available via the www.iheartscan.com web site. User Manual available as iBooks for iPad and iPhone or as a PDF from the iHeartScan.com web site.

PURPOSE The Westmead Hospital Trauma Clinical Algorithms have been developed utilising evidence-based information to enhance patient and clinical decision-making and improve efficiency in delivery of safe, standardised health care. INTENDED AUDIENCE The algorithms presented are intended primarily for health professionals and the following audiences, specifically at Westmead Hospital, Sydney NSW Australia: Physicians, nurses and other health care professionals Health care administrators Researchers OTHER AUDIENCES INCLUDING PATIENTS If you are a patient and accessing these algorithms, you should understand that the information presented is designed for the use of the expert audiences, identified above. You should seek assistance from your health care professional in interpreting these materials and applying them in individual cases. MEDICAL ADVICE The algorithms are evidence-based processes that are intended to assist physician and patient decisions regarding the health care of trauma patients at Westmead Hospital. Although designed to standardise decision plans for trauma, the algorithms cannot address the unique needs of each patient or the combination of resources available to a particular community or health care professional. The algorithms are not entirely inclusive or exclusive of all methods of reasonable care that can result in the same outcome. Deviation from these algorithms may be justified by individual circumstances. The use of these algorithms outside Westmead Hospital must be applied based on individual patient requirements using expert, professional judgment. DISCLAIMERS The algorithms are for use specifically at Westmead Hospital, NSW, Australia. The creator and contributors to these algorithms do not assume any legal liability or responsibility for the use/application or resulting outcomes thereof these guidelines, both within or outside Westmead Hospital. Westmead Hospital does not assume any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, and/or clinical efficacy of these algorithms.