Wilson Family Practice and Binghamton University: Collaborative Mobile Applications

Pneumonia App Graphic

iPhone Application Pneumonia for guidance on management of pneumonia was designed and developed collaboratively between Dr. Joshua Steinberg at Wilson Family Practice Residency, and the Computer Science Dept. at Binghamton University.

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Description

Pneumonia distills and organizes the guidance found in the 2005 and 2007 American Thoracic Society & Infectious Disease Society of America guidelines on management of Community Acquired Pneumonia, Healthcare Associated Pneumonia, and Hospital Acquired Pneumonia

The app addresses such common questions as:

what criteria are useful in deciding which community acquired pneumonia patients should be hospitalized?
what are those three big-gun antibiotics for hospital acquired pneumonia, and what are the alternatives for those with medication allergies?
how long should antibiotics be continued?
exactly which pneumonia cases are considered to be hospital acquired?
which community acquired pneumonia patients require coverage for resistant organisms?
which hospitalized patients should be in the ICU?

This app is written and intended for practicing clinicians like family physicians, internists, ER docs, and hospitalists; for resident physician trainees; and for medical students. As an educator and clinician, I am interested in feedback and I would be grateful for guidance on improving the tool.

Intended Users

Resident physicians
Medical students
Attending physicians and midlevels
Faculty & preceptors of students & residents

Team Members

Joshua Steinberg, MD Wilson Family Practice Residency
Anup Patunkar
Madhusudhan Govindaraju
Ported to webOS by Alan Teh, MD at this location.

Contact and Support

Please contact Dr. Joshua Steinberg via email with your comments, questions and suggestions.