 Oct. 17, 2002 |
| ASSEMBLY EDITION • SAN DIEGO |
Special rate offered
AAFP affiliation
brings new clinical information system to members
The Academy has sealed a deal with leading medical publisher Elsevier Science to offer PDxMD to AAFP members at a special rate. This new, evidence-based electronic clinical information system is specifically designed for use in primary care. PDxMD has full desktop features and handheld downloadable components. It offers continually updated files on more than 450 medical conditions with information on more than 750 medications and other therapies. FPs also can access a database containing more than 1,400 potential diagnoses that are organized by chief complaint and categorized by age, relative prevalence and clinical findings. Patient information sheets on more than 300 diseases can be customized by the physician and tailored to the patient's specific care plan.
The affiliation with Elsevier Science was borne from the AAFP's desire to keep members on the cutting edge of technology.
"The AAFP is committed to providing its members with tools that improve efficiency and accuracy," says Joetta Melton, director of AAFP's Publications Division and publisher of American Family Physician and Family Practice Management. "PDxMD's easy-to-use, intuitive design makes it an ideal electronic point-of-care clinical decision support tool for our members."
FPs can access PDxMD through the Academy's Web site, http://www.aafp.org, or by going to http://www.pdxmd.com. Assembly attendees may also visit the Elsevier Science (W.B. Saunders -- PDxMD) exhibit in booths 1020 and 3012.
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