Free D Path - Revision history

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	\| developer = Taunton and Somerset NHS Trust		\| developer = Taunton and Somerset NHS Trust
	\| released = {{Start date\|2012\|04}} (1.1)<ref name="FDPFirst">{{cite web \|url=http://freedp.org/ \|title=The Free Diagnostic Pathology Software Project \|publisher=Taunton and Somerset NHS Trust \|accessdate=29 May 2014}}</ref>		\| released = {{Start date\|2012\|04}} (1.1)<ref name="FDPFirst">{{cite web \|url=http://freedp.org/ \|title=The Free Diagnostic Pathology Software Project \|publisher=Taunton and Somerset NHS Trust \|accessdate=29 May 2014}}</ref>
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	\| frequently updated = Yes<!-- Release version update? Don't edit this page, just click on the version number! -->		\| frequently updated = Yes<!-- Release version update? Don't edit this page, just click on the version number! -->
	\| programming language = FileMaker Pro		\| programming language = FileMaker Pro
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	'''Free D Path''' is free open-source web-based reporting software built for proprietary closed-source FileMaker Pro. The software is developed primarily for histopathologists.		'''Free D Path''' was free open-source web-based reporting software built for proprietary closed-source FileMaker Pro. The software was developed primarily for histopathologists.

	==Product history==		==Product history==
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	On March 5, 2014, the source was dropped on GitHub as "a big blob of FileMaker Pro file," released under an OSI-approved open-source license. The project initiator stated "[w]e have 'forked' this [intellectual property] here, in the hope that there may be interest in refactoring the project to use a genuinely open source platform."<ref name="FDPGit" />		On March 5, 2014, the source was dropped on GitHub as "a big blob of FileMaker Pro file," released under an OSI-approved open-source license. The project initiator stated "[w]e have 'forked' this [intellectual property] here, in the hope that there may be interest in refactoring the project to use a genuinely open source platform."<ref name="FDPGit" />

			In late 2017 or early 2018, the Free D Path website stopped functioning. No new activity seems to have been made on the open-sourced files, though the software seems to still be supported commercially by Diagnostic Path Solutions.<ref name="DPSAbout">{{cite web \|url=http://www.diagnosticpathsolutions.com/about-us.html \|title=About Us \|publisher=Diagnostic Path Solutions \|accessdate=04 May 2018}}</ref> The open-source efforts seem to be dead.

	==Features==		==Features==

	The developer has not made the features of this software clear, other than to note it has histopathology reporting templates for a variety of cancers. Base features ~~are~~ assumed to be those of the FileMaker Pro platform.		The developer has not made the features of this software clear, other than to note it has histopathology reporting templates for a variety of cancers. Base features were assumed to be those of the FileMaker Pro platform.

	==Hardware/software requirements==		==Hardware/software requirements==

	A trial or full version of FileMaker Pro 11, 12, or 13 is required. ~~{{As of\|May 2014}} the~~ developer ~~states~~ the files may eventually get updated to FileMaker Pro 13 format, but for now they remain formatted for version 11~~. See the [http://freedp.org/ installation instructions] for more~~.		A trial or full version of FileMaker Pro 11, 12, or 13 was required. The developer had stated the files may eventually get updated to FileMaker Pro 13 format, but for now they remain formatted for version 11.

	==Videos, screenshots, and other media==		==Videos, screenshots, and other media==

	* [https://docs.google.com/a/writediteach.com/file/d/0B8SJ0tFtV-9kclVqVVNMQy0yejQ/edit Version 5.1 download]
	* [http://mayallf.fmdatabase.com/fmi/iwp/res/iwp_auth.html Demo v5.1 of the software] (username and password: path)

	==Entities using Free D Path==		==Entities using Free D Path==
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	[[Category:Reporting software (open source)]]		[[Category:Reporting software (open source)]]

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{{Infobox software
| name = Free D Path
| title = '''Free D Path'''
| logo = [[File:FreeDPath_Logo.jpg|220px]]
| screenshot = 
| caption =
| collapsible =
| author = Fred Mayall
| developer = Taunton and Somerset NHS Trust
| released = {{Start date|2012|04}} (1.1)<ref name="FDPFirst">{{cite web |url=http://freedp.org/ |title=The Free Diagnostic Pathology Software Project |publisher=Taunton and Somerset NHS Trust |accessdate=29 May 2014}}</ref>
| discontinued =
| frequently updated = Yes
| programming language = FileMaker Pro
| platform = Cross-platform
| size =
| language =
| status =
| genre = Reporting software
| license = GNU Affero General Public License v3.0
| website = [http://freedp.org/ freedp.org]
}}

'''Free D Path''' is free open-source web-based reporting software built for proprietary closed-source FileMaker Pro. The software is developed primarily for histopathologists.

==Product history==
The U.K.'s Taunton and Somerset NHS Trust were tasked with improving the delivery of pathology services through an NHS Improvement project in 2012. After not finding an available system capable of doing what they wanted, they opted to create their own cancer pathology system.<ref name="EvenstadEHI">{{cite web |url=http://www.ehi.co.uk/news/EHI/8820/pathologist-creates-open-source-software |title=Pathologist creates open source software |author=Evenstad, Lis |work=E-Health Insider |publisher=EHealth Media |date=09 August 2013 |accessdate=29 May 2014}}</ref> The team chose to use FileMaker Pro, noting benefits such as how "it was possible to update the software without shutting it down and interrupting work — this allowed the medical staff to improve the software in many small steps; checking and adjusting each step as it was implemented."<ref name="BridgwaterCW">{{cite web |url=http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/open-source-insider/2013/06/nhs-cancer-diagnostic-pathology-thriving-in-open-source.html |title=NHS cancer diagnostic pathology thriving in open source |author=Bridgwater, Adrian |work=Open Source Insider - Computer Weekly |publisher=TechTarget |date=04 June 2013 |accessdate=29 May 2014}}</ref> However, a GitHub project lead later recognized despite the benefits, "a major drawback in that it has a dependency on the proprietary and closed source FileMaker application."<ref name="FDPGit">{{cite web |url=https://github.com/openGPSoC/FreeDPath |title=FreeDPath |publisher=GitHub |accessdate=29 May 2014}}</ref>

The first version was released to the public in April 2012, though it's not clear where it was made available. Development continued, with expansions in reporting templates or "pro formas" for a wide variety of cancers.<ref name="EvenstadEHI" /> As development continued through 2013, a website was set up in March<ref name="FDPArchMar13">{{cite web |url=http://freedp.org/2013/03/10/index/ |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130419092930/http://freedp.org/2013/03/10/index/ |title=The Free Diagnostic Pathology Software Project |publisher=Taunton and Somerset NHS Trust |archivedate=19 April 2013 |date=10 March 2013 |accessdate=29 May 2014}}</ref> and several articles appeared in the media discussing the software.<ref name="EvenstadEHI" /><ref name="BridgwaterCW" /><ref name="SwabeyIA">{{cite web |url=http://www.information-age.com/it-management/strategy-and-innovation/123456962/open-source-cancer-diagnosis |title=Open-source cancer diagnosis |author=Swabey, Pete |work=Information Age |publisher=Vitesse Media |date=11 April 2013 |accessdate=29 May 2014}}</ref>

On March 5, 2014, the source was dropped on GitHub as "a big blob of FileMaker Pro file," released under an OSI-approved open-source license. The project initiator stated "[w]e have 'forked' this [intellectual property] here, in the hope that there may be interest in refactoring the project to use a genuinely open source platform."<ref name="FDPGit" />

==Features==

The developer has not made the features of this software clear, other than to note it has histopathology reporting templates for a variety of cancers. Base features are assumed to be those of the FileMaker Pro platform.

==Hardware/software requirements==

A trial or full version of FileMaker Pro 11, 12, or 13 is required. {{As of|May 2014}} the developer states the files may eventually get updated to FileMaker Pro 13 format, but for now they remain formatted for version 11. See the [http://freedp.org/ installation instructions] for more.

==Videos, screenshots, and other media==

* [https://docs.google.com/a/writediteach.com/file/d/0B8SJ0tFtV-9kclVqVVNMQy0yejQ/edit Version 5.1 download]
* [http://mayallf.fmdatabase.com/fmi/iwp/res/iwp_auth.html Demo v5.1 of the software] (username and password: path)

==Entities using Free D Path==

==Further reading==

==External links==

* [http://www.filemaker.co.uk/solutions/customers/stories/free-diagnostic-pathology-software-project/ FileMaker story on Free D Path]
* [https://github.com/openGPSoC/FreeDPath Free D Path at GitHub]

==References==
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[[Category:Laboratory informatics software (open source)]]
[[Category:Reporting software (open source)]]