Apple MessagePad Used in Pilot Tests at Johns Hopkins

MessagePad Improves Efficiency, Resource Management and Clinical Outcomes

BALTIMORE, Maryland--July 24, 1995--Johns Hopkins Hospital recently
completed a 10 month pilot project to assess the utility of the Apple
MessagePad in the hands of health care case managers. The hospital
developed its own software called the PD Tracker that runs on the Newton
platform. Physicians and case managers using the PD Tracker and the Apple
MessagePad combination have found it to be an effective replacement for
their current paper-based system.

The physicians and case managers who tested the product found that the
Apple MessagePad improved the documentation process and assisted in
achieving clinical outcomes while using a definable amount of hospital
resources. The Johns Hopkins study also found that health care
professionals appreciate the device's many other features including
minimal training requirements, size (i.e., fits in a lab jacket pocket),
portability, and attractive price performance. Because of such features,
the MessagePad was found to be superior over competing automated devices.

Kevin Johnson, M.D., M.S., Robert Bruce, B.S., and Beth Weiczorek, R.N.,
M.S.N., at Johns Hopkins hospital are enthusiastic about the benefits that
the MessagePad offers. Johnson claims that, "The Apple MessagePad is
portable and facilitates rapid data collection. We believe these are two
essential elements of a successful clinical computing tool."

The Apple MessagePad is being used with the PD Tracker program to allow
case managers to enroll their patients on one or more critical pathways,
use infrared technology to transfer patient information between case
managers, document variances from their patients' expected courses, and to
document codified and free-text explanations for those variances. Variance
information is uploaded onto a personal computer and automatically
transferred into a relational database supporting ad hoc querying and
report writing, which eliminates much of the paperwork demanding time,
space, and other resources.

Additionally, the Apple MessagePad devices help case managers access a
variety of information including patients' addresses and phone numbers,
emergency contacts, insurance providers and managed care organizations.
These MessagePad devices also provide users with information about
referring M.D.'s and accessing reference material about critical
pathways.

For more information on the Apple MessagePad at Johns Hopkins Hospital,
contact Kevin Johnson, M.D. at 410-614-2752. More information about the
Apple MessagePad in health care is available on the Internet at
newton.med@applelink.apple.com.

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