Pulmonology and Allergy 12.3.2

@Point of Care™ Pulmonology is a mobile platform designed to support clinical decision-making in pulmonology. It offers a streamlined decision support tool that allows clinicians to access relevant pulmonology content on demand, monitor their patients’ data, and make informed choices—ultimately aiming to improve patient outcomes and care quality.

Integrated with @sk with Cognitive AI, clinicians can easily retrieve curated, evidence-based, disease-specific medical information through natural language voice queries. The AI provides confidence-rated answers quickly, facilitating the incorporation of the best treatment options and enabling faster decision-making at the point of care.

The platform is developed to:

• Support clinical discovery and encourage practice improvement
• Deliver relevant, evidence-based medical content tailored to specific diseases
• Enhance patient outcomes directly in the clinical setting

Key features include:

• Content that is continually updated to reflect current standards
• Topics covering diagnosis, treatment, and care management authored by expert physicians
• Inclusion of case studies, videos, and interviews for comprehensive learning
• Access to actionable patient-recorded data for better monitoring
• Detailed references with links to original sources for verification
• Availability of continuing medical education (CME/CE) credits
• Tools for surveys and peer polling to facilitate community engagement
• Patient education resources designed for sharing and improving understanding

The platform enables clinical users to access detailed patient health information, including:

• Medications and treatment regimens
• Symptoms and adverse effects
• Charts documenting test results, medication adherence, and other relevant data
• Voice-activated commands supporting Watson, Patient Access, and other clinical resources
• Read-aloud functionality for hands-free listening to medical texts
• The App Prescriber tool for prescribing various patient-oriented applications directly to patients