Army Research & Referral hospital partners with Wolters Kluwer to ramp up their patient care delivery

The hospital has on-boarded Wolters Kluwer’s UpToDate, and a computer kiosk for it and has been set up in the emergency room to assist the on-duty doctors in using UpToDate at the point of care

Army Research & Referral hospital (R & R), Dhaula Kuan, New Delhi has implemented CDSS (Clinical Decision Support System) provided by Wolters Kluwer to ramp up their patient care delivery. The hospital has on-boarded Wolters Kluwer’s UpToDate, and a computer kiosk for it and has been set up in the emergency room to assist the on-duty doctors in using UpToDate at the point of care. This adoption will equip doctors, students, nurses, and other healthcare providers with readily available evidence-based case studies and the latest medical information from around the world to aid their medical decisions.

According to Lt. Gen Ashok Kumar Jindal, Commandant, R & R Hospital, “With this adoption, we saw an opportunity to enhance our patient care. By incorporating the most recent research and best practice advice from international experts, CDSS tools produce evidence-based care that is significantly faster and more dependable than spending hours on online searches for information that is usually unverified. Clinicians can utilize CDSS as a tool to add value to their own expertise and knowledge, in order to make accurate medical decisions and lower the chances of medical errors.”

According to Maj. Gen. Ajith Nilakantan, Deputy Commandant at R & R Hospital, “Over the last few years, one of the biggest trends in healthcare is to leverage technology to enhance the healthcare infrastructure and provide improved treatment to each patient. With the usage of technologies like CDSS, R & R Hospital would be able to practice evidence-based medicine with enhanced ease which will help deliver high-quality care to every patient.”

Speaking on the association, Harish Ramachandran, Country Head-India, and SAARC, for the Clinical Effectiveness division at Wolters Kluwer said, “It is a novel initiative of using UpToDate from a computer kiosk which has been installed in the emergency department for accessing CDSS tool at the Point of Care. It will be beneficial for the care givers to enhance their clinical productivity, reduce medication errors, improve the quality of healthcare, and manage patients better at critical times.”