Scientific Abstract

Background:  The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the use of tele-health mental health care and further established the centrality of the clinical desktop in provider – patient encounters.  EMR companies have created and marketed tele-health video portals to facilitate tele-health appointments. However, there is more that goes into quality patient care than simply communicating with the patient. Access to evidence-based references has always been part of the tradition of safe and effective medical care. This author asserts that text-based references – including text-based references on the web – are not quick enough, available enough, or use-friendly enough to keep pace with tele-health.

Methods:  This author used publicly available prescribing data from the FDA and formatted into a color-coded, animated, touch-screen reference. The reference was coding using over-the-counter software. Prescribing data was organized by diagnosis, then medication in a user-friendly interface. Touch-screen hyperlinks are included in the interface so that user can get more detailed information and can confirm the information if they prefer. The reference is publicly available for free on the web. It can used as a reference DURING THE PATIENT ENCOUNTER. It can also be used on mobile phones and tablets. No download or account or log in is needed.

Results:  The reference has been published for several months. It works as designed on any internet devices. Animations are added by author to improve user experience and learning and patient safety.

Conclusion: The goal of the project has been completed. The reference app is published and available. Touch-screen functionality and animations are operational.  The biggest challenge now and the biggest obstacle is spreading awareness of this reference.