CancerLinQ performs certain functions:
1)Real-time data collection,
2)Clinical decision support,3)Data mining & visualization,
4)Quality feedback
Why is such a database needed?
Today when a doctor encounters a problem he has never dealt
with before, he goes to his literature for answers and will also asks his
colleagues for advice. With CancerLinQ,
this same doctor could access the database and analyze real time findings in
millions of patients. The personal
identity of patients would be removed in the database, but their life saving
information would not.
This is an innovative way that IT is helping to improve
healthcare and medicine. IT allows
doctors to collaborate in ways that were unheard of before and to use their
best practices to fight diseases such as cancer. Innovations like this database could speed up
the availability of real time data to doctors to use on problems they are
facing today. The timeliness of
information in the fight of cancer is essential. Good information available now is much better
than great information available when it’s too late.
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This is a MAJOR step in the right direction! With computers able to process tremendous amounts of data in nanoseconds, this is a great way to shift the focus a bit and perhaps see a leap in progress.
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That is a great idea!It seems like this program will be a tremendous help to doctors, and cancer researchers could probably benefit from it as well.Also,the fact that information pertaining to the individual's identity is not entered appears to allow for a high level of anonymity. The blog says this program is a prototype. Any idea when the full fledged program will become available?
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