Healthcare

Core Competency

Thomson Reuters takes an innovative approach to clinical decision support by providing a single source of industry-leading tools that enable healthcare organisations to empower clinicians to make informed decisions, reduce errors, and improve patient outcomes.

Our Evidence Solutions have supported hospitals for more than 30 years and can be found in more than 3,500 hospitals in more than 80 countries worldwide.

Flagship Products and Solutions:

Micromedex Healthcare Evidence Editorial Governance
An editorial team of more than 90 advanced-degree physicians, clinical pharmacists, and other allied health professionals review more than 1,000 of the world’s medical journals each month to create reliable, evidence-based information. This multi-step, proprietary process has made Micromedex synonymous with trusted decision support.

Under the direction of our chief medical officer, all evidence is evaluated with methodological rigour. Once written, content is reviewed by an editorial board to ensure clinical accuracy and relevance. It is then delivered in the right format at each point in the patient care process.

The result: Thomson Reuters content facilitates the use of evidence-based medicine, so clinicians can identify best practices, make an informed diagnosis, and choose the most appropriate treatment plan for each patient, with confidence. With Micromedex, clinicians can:

Ensure consistent clinical information throughout the hospital
Streamline delivery of content through one searchable source
Support patient safety improvement and error reduction
Help eliminate unnecessary tasks and tests
Clinical Thought Leadership  
"Getting the right information to the right people at the right time is essential for improving healthcare outcomes."

-Thomson Reuters Chief Clinical Informatics Officer Jerry Osheroff, MD, FACP, FACMI

Dr. Osheroff is the lead author of HIMSS 2005 book of the year: Improving Outcomes with Clinical Decision Support: An Implementer's Guide .

Scalabilty and Flexible Delivery Technology   
Thomson Reuters provides flexible knowledge solutions that can be accessed on a variety of platforms:

Hospital information systems and EMR
Internet
Intranet
Web portals
Mobile devices

Real-Time Patient Information and Demographic Profiling
Developed by doctors and healthcare IT technicians, Thomson Reuter's industry leading mobile information system leverages hospitals’ existing infrastructure to provide ease of integration and scalability, while maximising adoption through an intuitive, easy-to-use interface.

Using infrared, Internet, and cellular technology, patient information can be downloaded onto Palm®, Pocket PC, Windows Mobile®, and BlackBerry® devices from the hospital's information systems without disruption or custom modification. Thomson Reuters real-time patient information:

Provides frontline clinicians with an intuitive interface
Saves time and helps decrease medical errors
Helps protect communities by monitoring potential risks
Supports efficiency improvement and patient care enhancement
Public health professionals can search clinical data across the healthcare system to monitor high risk patient populations and detect potential risks to public health.

Clinicians can quickly and easily access patient demographics, medication records, lab results, and other critical patient information from a mobile device or desktop, no matter where they are located.