Web application for epidemiological study launched in Russia

St. Petersburg, Russia was the location for the launch of a new software package created by altcom for monitoring the outcomes of heart treatments in patients across Europe and Russia.

The launch was held at a conference attended by leading cardiologists collaborating in an international epidemiological study into factors affecting and leading to heart failure.

The project, known as SICA-HF (Studies Investigating Co morbidities Aggravating Heart Failure), is being run across several medical centres in the European Union and Russian Federation and is co-ordinated by the Hull York Medical School, University of Hull. You can find out more about the project from the SICA-HF website .

The SICA-HF project was launched in 2009 by medical professionals concerned with the increasing number of people suffering from chronic heart failure and the steady increase in the disease. The project will acquire, analyse and evaluate patient data to try to combat the causes and reduce the risk of heart disease.

altcom's new software system has been developed using Open Source technologies bringing down the cost of development.  As a web based application all that is required to use it is a modern web browser and an internet connection.

The data collected through the project is stored centrally on a secure server in the UK and the database will eventually contain details of about two thousand patients studied over the length of the project. Staff at each participating institute can create and update records for their patients. Various security safeguards have been put in place to ensure the integrity and security of the database and all data held centrally is made anonymous to ensure patient confidentiality and to comply with Data Protection legislation.

The database and related systems were demonstrated at the conference in St. Petersburg by John Warden, Clinical Trials Project Manager in the Department of Academic Cardiology at the University of Hull Post Graduate Medical Institute. Mr Warden was pleased with the results, he said "altcom has delivered an excellent system, on time and within budget, and it has been a pleasure to work with them on this project. Their understanding and expertise have been invaluable in making a complex database simple to use in a clinical setting.

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"altcom has delivered an excellent system, on time and within budget, and it has been a pleasure to work with them on this project. Their understanding and expertise have been invaluable in making a complex database simple to use in a clinical setting."

Mr John Warden, Clinical Trials Project Manager in the Department of Academic Cardiology at the University of Hull Post Graduate Medical Institute.

"Our partners in the project were delighted and very impressed by the system altcom has delivered. The user interface is a pleasure to use and the user-friendly design makes complex and lengthy online forms much simpler to handle." Professor John Cleland, the Head of Department of Academic Cardiology at the University of Hull

John Cowles, Director of altcom Limited, said "We were supplied with a well thought through and detailed specification from Professor Cleland and his team.  Using only open source components kept the cost down and actually made the development cycle quicker giving us more time to focus on creating a first class user interface."

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