Clinical Integration Tools the Clinical Assessment Layout Manager (CALM) and General Assessment Manager Engine (GAME)
The purpose of these applications is to facilitate the preparation of online data entry forms that allow for the easy input and query of a variety of numerical and non-numerical data. In a clinical or research setting CALM can be used to streamline the development of online forms for patients’ and subjects’ data entry and for the easy maintenance and update of the ever-growing number of clinical assessments. The CALM package can generate online forms that accurately replicate any paper and pencil form, while the GAME package operates the CALM generated interface and allows for effortless quality assurance (QA) checks and clinical and research data queries.
The applications’ versatility is not limited to clinical forms; in fact, CALM/GAME can be used for the translation, maintenance and query of any paper and pencil form into an online form.
From a developer view point these are the highlights of the package:
- Efficiency: to speed up form designing CALM/GAME use user defined templates
- Accessibility: no Java, Javascript, or JSP coding experience is required to generate form objects
- Friendly output: the package can build forms with the similar layout as paper forms for easy data entry
From a CALM-based interface user view point these are the highlights of the package:
- a user friendly interface that permits data entry using a point and click, intuitive format.
- built in double data entry as a cautionary step to validate the accuracy of data submitted for entry
- build in graphical user interface allowing ability for easy data search/query/retrieval for QA queries or clinical/research questions (or in general relevant questions for any form data)