Overview

The pages in this section derive from work done by The Epimetrics Group, a healthcare IT R&D enterprise. We've developed a variety of tools for clinical research consortia (see the Cardiovascular Outcomes Research Consortium) with the OpenACS 3.2.5 platform, but are developing new tools using the remarkably robust set of enhancements in OpenACS 5+. Here are discussions of user requirements, datamodeling issues and design considerations for a generic Assessment package as we see it fitting into our line of work.

Pages

• User and Functional Requirements
  <p> Who does what,and how...
• Review of Current Survey Package
  <p> This reviews the data model and features of the "complex survey" (0.3d1) package in /contrib.
• Data Modeling Considerations
  <p> This describes data model ideas we think should be considered for the Assessment package.
• Comparisons of the Package Ideas So Far
  <p> This reviews how clinical trials-derived ideas can match up with the <a href="http://openacs.org/projects/openacs/packages/assessment/rfc/">educational application concepts</a>.
• Sequencing
  <p> Discussion of one of the most complex issues in this package: how to define, track and implement user routes through the Assessment contingent on the user's responses.