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OpenClinical - Knowledge Management for Medical Care

OpenClinical is an association of individuals, organisations and companies collaborating on the development and dissemination of knowledge management technologies for patient care

OpenClinical has been created to : 

• Raise awareness of the positive value of decision support, clinical workflow and other knowledge management technologies in patient care and clinical research;
• Disseminate methods and tools for building healthcare knowledge applications which comply with the highest possible quality, safety and ethical standards;
• Build a community of individuals, organisations and commercial companies who believe in the importance of knowledge management, and wish to contribute to the definition and adoption of open technical standards for medical applications.

A detailed view of OpenClinical's objectives can be found in the OpenClinical White Paper

More: OpenClinical web site OpenClinical White Paper (pdf)