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About us
EviMed is a company that produces information and educational products and services to Latin American physicians, with a first focus on Uruguay .
EviMed is supported by LATU, the Uruguayan Quality Accreditation Institution ( www.latu.org.uy ), under a program funded by the Inter American Development Bank. This program, called Ingenio ( www.ingenio.org.uy ), provides infrastructure and services during the first stages of information and communication companies.
The Directors of EviMed are:
• Dr. Alvaro Margolis, an internist with a master's degree in medical informatics from the University of Utah , USA . He was an adjunct professor of Medicine and currently is an adjunct professor in the Area of Continuing Medical Professional Development of the School of Medicine , University of Uruguay . He was the first president of the Uruguayan Health Informatics Society, SUIS ( www.suis.org.uy ), and currently is its representative in the International Medical Informatics Association ( www.imia.org ). He is a long-standing member of the telematics committee of the Uruguayan Medical Association. He has been coordinator and consultant in several projects related to health information systems. • Eng. Antonio López Arredondo, an engineer who has a teaching position at the School of Engineering, University of Uruguay. He was an engineer for corporate accounts at Microsoft Corporation for three years, and a consultant at the social security health services. He currently is an independent developer, with projects in the USA, Mexico and Uruguay.
At the permanent structure of EviMed 's information and educational Area, there are several outstanding professionals:
Scientific Committee:
• Dr. Silvia Lissmann. Specialist in Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology. She was an adjunct professor of Medicine and an assistant professor of Gastroenterology of the School of Medicine, University of Uruguay.. She is the president of the Latin American Society of Atherosclerosis, SOLAT, and of the Uruguayan Society of Atherosclerosis, SUDEAT. • Dr. Juan J. Dapueto. Specialist in Internal Medicine and Psychiatry. He is an adjunct professor of Medical Psychology and was an assistant professor of Medicine of the School of Medicine, University of Uruguay.. He is a doctoral student at the Biomedical research program of the Postgraduate Division and Manuel Perez Foundation, School of Medicine. He is a fellow of the International Union against Cancer, and a member of the International Society for Quality of Life Research, and of the Uruguayan Society of Medical Psychology. • Dr. José P. Arcos. Specialist in Internal Medicine and Pulmonary Medicine. Associate Professor at the Pulmonary Function Laboratory, University Hospital. He is a member of the governing board of the Uruguayan Society of Pulmonary Medicine, a member of the American Thoracic Society and fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians. • Dr. Aida Rey Alvarez. Specialist in Pharmacology and in Health Economics. She was an adjunct professor of Pharmacology. She currently holds a position as a technical consultant of the Drug Observatory – Center South (PAHO – WHO) and of the study group for the rational use of drugs (DURG-LA). • Dr. Gerardo Amaral. Specialist in Internal Medicine. Member of the Committees of Continuing Medical Education and Primary Care Medicine at FEMI, the Uruguayan Medical Association that unites physicians from outside Montevideo, the Uruguayan capital.
Permanent team of the information and educational services:
• Thais Forster, Pharm. D., M.S. She is a chemist, with a degree in public health from the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, and a master's degree in information sciences from The City University, London, England. She is the Editor of Infosuis. • Dr. Elba Esteves. She is a specialist in internal medicine and in quality management of health services. She was an assistant professor of Medicine. She currently is a member of the smoking cessation program at the University Hospital. • Fernando Alvariño. He was an adjunct professor of pharmacology. He currently is an adjunct professor at the Area of Continuing Medical Professional Development, School of Medicine, University of Uruguay.
Educational and communicational consultant:
• Gabriel Kaplún. He has a master's degree in education, is a PhD candidate in Social communication and is an adjunct professor at the School of Communication Sciences, University of Uruguay.
Epidemiology consultant:
Dr. Rodolfo Vázquez has a master's degree in epidemiology, is an adjunct professor at the Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Uruguay. He has been a consultant in several projects related to health information systems, and a researcher in epidemiology projects.
Medical Records consultant:
Tec. Antonio Zignago, a medical records technician; formerly a teacher at the School of Medical Technology, School of Medicine, University of Uruguay; he is in charge of the medical records department at the Social Security Maternity. He has been a consultant in several projects related to health information systems.
Graphical Design:
• Mariana García and Alejandro Llambías.
Our Services
This computer...
at home or at work can be much more useful than you have imagined: to better organize your work, to share doubts with your colleagues and learn from them, to break the isolation in which many of us, as physicians, live.
The Uruguayan physician has added the use of informatics in their daily life: three quarters are Internet and Microsoft Office users. However, computer use in outpatient clinical practice is unusual in Uruguay, compared to its frequent application in many developed countries.
The application of informatics in clinical practice allows to organize it better, improve registration, have statistics, fast access to scientific information, communicate with colleagues or experts, therefore improving patient care and efficiency.
If informatics is applied as stated above, it can become an important tool for health care reform, prioritizing the first level of care, improving the communication with other levels, stressing prevention, improving the management of chronic conditions, empowering patients and helping with information and continuing education needs of physicians working in outpatient settings.
EviMed has therefore developed a system that can be used by the physician in the outpatient setting, while seeing a patient or outside the office; this system intends to standardize and improve clinical processes and foster continuing medical education:
• Seeking evidence-based clinical care, adapted to local practices. • Including work-based learning, based on gaps detected by the physicians. • Helping patient empowerment by providing patient education in chronic conditions, given by the treating physician.
The first product and service developed by EviMed is EviDoctor , which combines a computer electronic medical record with information and educational services for those physicians taking care of patients in ambulatory settings, particularly generalists, internists and family physicians.
EviDoctor can help you: • Organize your clinical practice. • Share doubts with your colleagues. • Learn with them, supported by well-known experts, in frequent clinical problems.
These services may be used by individual physicians, at work or at home, as well as by shared clinical practices or by health care institutions.
Technical requirements
• Windows 98 or above. • RAM: 64 MB or more. • Hard Drive: 120 MB or more. • Video resolution: 800 x 600. • Internet connection, either dial-up or dedicated lines. The system runs off-line, but needs this connection for updates and shared clinical statistics.
News
You can install EviDoctor and have a 30-day trial period.
Moreover, some features may continue to be used after the trial period, at no cost. They include an electronic medical record and a scheduling module.
Contact us
Address: Avenida Italia 6201 – LATU/Ingenio CP 11500 – Montevideo, Uruguay.
Phone: (+598 2) 601 3724 extension 137 Fax: (+598 2) 601 3724 extension 152 Email: info@ EviMed .net
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