Lessons learned from caisis: An open source, web-based system for integrating clinical practice and research Conference Paper
| Authors: | Fearn, P.; Regan, K.; Sculli, F.; Fajardo, J.; Smith, B.; Alli, P. |
| Title: | Lessons learned from caisis: An open source, web-based system for integrating clinical practice and research |
| Conference Title: | 20th IEEE International Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems, CBMS'07 |
| Abstract: | In 2003, we presented an open source, web-based prostate cancer database developed to integrate clinical practice and research workflows at the IEEE Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems [1]. Caisis was designed around structured chronological patient histories which could be displayed to clinicians and processed by computer algorithms. We extended the system to handle 9 diseases. It has been adopted by 15 sites in 4 countries with over 400 users and is currently used to manage data for over 165,000 patients. Lessons learned include the following: 1) the original structure accommodates new diseases well, but users are quick to return to spreadsheets or denormalized data models; 2) design and support should be extended to address a variety of system-adoption scenarios; 3) perceived usability is affected by the entire set of applications an individual must use to perform their job; and 4) user training and support must be enhanced as the system evolves and becomes more complex. © 2007 IEEE. |
| Keywords: | clinical practice; patient monitoring; algorithms; diseases; world wide web; data structures; engineering research; usability engineering; computer-based medical systems; web-based system; learning systems |
| Journal Title | IEEE Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems. Proceedings |
| Conference Dates: | 2007 Jun 20-22 |
| Conference Location: | Maribor, Slovenia |
| ISBN: | 1063-7125 |
| Publisher: | IEEE |
| Location: | Maribor |
| Date Published: | 2007-01-01 |
| Start Page: | 630 |
| End Page: | 638 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1109/CBMS.2007.66 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
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| Notes: | --- - Proceedings - IEEE Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems - Proc. IEEE Symp. Comput.-Based Med. Syst. - "Conference code: 70287" - "Export Date: 17 November 2011" - "Art. No.: 4262719" - "Sponsors: IEEE Comput. Soc. Tech. Committee on Comput. Medicine (TCCM); Univ. of Maribor, Faculty of Electrical Eng. and Computer Sci.; University of Maribor, Faculty of Health Sciences" - 20 June 2007 through 22 June 2007 - "Source: Scopus" |
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