XMLGuide - The Medical Guidelines & Protocols Solution

MiArt received a DTI SMART Award for Innovation 2002What is XMLGuide?

XMLGuide is a system for storing and displaying medical guideline documents and protocols through a web browser. It is intended to be installed as part of an intranet or extranet, or to run as a web site.

XML is used to 'mark up' content using tags like HTML (to which it is related), but unlike HTML the tags can hold meaning (i.e. they are not just for content formatting such as bold and italic). This gives XML much of the power of a database, whilst the documents remain both human readable and exchangeable across different systems. XML is also extensible - which means you define your own tags flexibly.

XMLGuide function diagram

What are XMLGuide's key benefits?

For healthcare organisations:

  • Rapid dissemination of up to date best practice guidelines to clinical staff, enabling consistent care delivery

For local guideline managers and authors:

  • Rapid publishing process
  • Adoption and editing of national guidelines distributed and imported in XML format

For IT staff:

  • A system running on familiar Windows operating systems using IIS
  • A one off setup process for the differing XML document shapes
  • Low total ownership costs

For clinical users:

  • Easy to navigate clinical guidelines accessible across a range of platforms through a web browser interface
  • Fully searchable documents
  • Document copies can be easily printed from the screen for reference

Is it just a medical application?

No, only the MESH browser is specific to the medical version.

How can I find out more?

Simply contact us for more detailed information.

 

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