HELP

Project Name: A Hospital-wide EMR-based Computerized Decision Support System to Improve Outcomes of Patients with Bloodstream Infections

Project Category: use case of the SMITH consortium

Heads of Project:

• Prof. Dr. med. Mathias Pletz (Jena University Hospital)
• Prof. Dr. André Scherag (Jena University Hospital)

Duration and Status: 1.1.2018 – 31.12.2022, data use completed

Data Types Provided: microbiological diagnostic reports

Abstract:
In the use case HELP, we are developing a hospital-wide computerized decision support system to improve the outcomes of patients with bloodstream infections. This involves the targeted use of antibiotics in accordance with clinical guidelines to combat bacterial infections – especially against the background of the insufficient number of trained infectiologists in Germany. The use case will be implemented and evaluated on normal and intensive care units at the SMITH locations Jena, Leipzig and Aachen as well as Halle and Essen.

Funding:
This project is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) as part of the Medical Informatics Initiative (MII) under the funding code (FKZ), here site-specific FKZ: 01ZZ1803C, and is carried out in the Smart Medical Information Technology for Healthcare (SMITH) consortium.

Link: description of the project at the "Deutsches Register Klinischer Studien (DRKS)"