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New developments on the OpenClinical website

From OpenClinical

Dear Colleagues

We are pleased to announce a number of new developments on the OpenClinical website. In this latest update you will find we have started two major services.

First, OpenClinical is now supporting the well known AI systems in clinical practice that was originally developed by Enrico Coiera and maintained by him for a number of years. This has been integrated into the site and will be maintained as a service to the OpenClinical community. Note that you can help us maintain this material by sending us corrections and updates.

Second, you will find our new demonstrator showcase, which we are launching with BloodLink, a system for advising on selection of blood tests which is being fielded in the Netherlands; LEXMED, a gastroenterology diagnosis system being developed in Germany; ERA a system for advising primary care physicians on management of suspected cancer being trialled by the British National Health Service, and the famous DXplain system developed at Massachusetts General Hospital in the US. These systems are being featured alongside several application videos in the areas of cancer genetics and management of heart disease.

OpenClinical’s goal is to develop these services on a continuing basis. If you know of any knowledge management system in practical clinical use and is not covered on the site then why not have it included in our application catalog? Just follow the existing template and email details to us at open@openclinical.org.

In the coming weeks we will be introducing a number of additional resources and services. In the next update, we will report on the 2^nd  international workshop on knowledge representation for clinical guidelines held after Medinfo2001 ( the first workshop was hosted by Brigham Women's Hospital in Boston in 2000). We will also be launching an OpenClinical campaign on quality, safety and ethical practices in the use of computers to advise on patient care, an important subject for the field in the coming years. Also in the pipeline is a project on 'open source knowledge' to be sponsored by OpenClinical.

OpenClinical is grant-funded and not-for-profit. Our goals are to promote the effective use of knowledge management technologies wherever they can  benefit patients, and to be a one-stop shop for anyone wanting to find our more about what is happening in the field, whether a technologist or clinician, researcher or teacher, newcomer or seasoned professional.

THE MORE MEMBERS WE HAVE THE MORE WE CAN DO FOR YOU.
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Richard Thomson
Editor, OpenClinical
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This newsletter was published by OpenClinical.org on 27 November 2001.

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