Cleveland Clinic developed Sideline Guidelines to help medical professionals quickly address athletic injuries, according to Crain's Cleveland Business.
Here are five notes:
1. Sideline Guidelines provides users a summary of medical information to help medical professionals diagnose injuries and assess an athlete's post-injury ability.
2. The app gives information to make return-to-play decision and create training schedules.
3. Kurt Spindler, MD, created Sidelines Guidelines with experts from Cleveland-based Orthopaedic & Rheumatologic Institute and Cleveland Sports Health.
4. Experts from Ohio State University, Vanderbilt, the University of Iowa, Washington University in St. Louis, University of Connecticut and Allegheny Medical Center worked to compile the database of clinical information used to devise the app.
5. High school athletes account for approximately 2 million injuries, 500,000 physician visits and 30,000 hospitalizations every year.
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