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'''Caisis''' is an open source, web-based clinical cancer patient data management system that seamlessly integrates clinical research functionality.
==Product history==
According to the development team, work began on Caisis in January 2002 to replace a five-year old Microsoft Access database utilized in the Department of Urology at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.<ref name="CaisisAbout">{{cite web |url=http://www.caisis.org/aboutCaisis.aspx |title=Caisis - About Caisis |publisher=Caisis Foundation |accessdate=03 October 2012}}</ref><ref name="CaisisStartPDF" /><ref name="CaisisStartPPT" /> The project actually started out internally as "Valhalla," but as it grew in scope, the course of the project changed. In what is assumed to be the first public open-source release, the software's name changed to "Caisis" and incremented to version 2.0.<ref name="CaisisStartPDF" /><ref name="CaisisStartPPT" /> Development has continued since, with increased scope and collaboration from around the world. By 2008, the Caisis Group estimated over 400 users at more than 20 sites in six countries were utilizing Caisis, treating over 200,000 patients in the process.<ref name="CaisisStartPDF" />
The latest release is version 6.0, released on February 2, 2012.<ref name="CaisisDloads">{{cite web |url=http://www.caisis.org/downloads.aspx# |title=Caisis - Downloads |publisher=Caisis Foundation |date=19 March 2009 |accessdate=03 October 2012}}</ref> Among the new features introduced in 6.0 were an improved user dashboard, administrative interface, and analytics interface, as well as the addition of the ability to store user preferences.<ref name="CaisisDloads">{{cite web |url=http://www.caisis.org/wiki/index.php?title=V6_New_Features |title=Caisis Wiki - V6 New Features |publisher=Caisis Foundation |date=18 October 2011 |accessdate=03 October 2012}}</ref>
The following table shows the dates of various releases. Some dates may be approximate:
{| class="wikitable"
|- valign="top"
! Version
! Release date
|- valign="top"
| 1.0–1.1
| 2002 (as Valhalla)<ref name="CaisisStartPDF" /><ref name="CaisisStartPPT" />
|- valign="top"
| 1.2
| 2003 (as Valhalla)<ref name="CaisisStartPDF" /><ref name="CaisisStartPPT" />
|- valign="top"
| 2.0–2.1
| 2004 (becomes Caisis)<ref name="CaisisStartPDF" /><ref name="CaisisStartPPT" />
|- valign="top"
| 3.0–3.1
| 2005<ref name="CaisisStartPDF" /><ref name="CaisisStartPPT" />
|- valign="top"
| 3.5
| 2006<ref name="CaisisStartPDF" /><ref name="CaisisStartPPT" />
|- valign="top"
| 4.0.0
| 2007<ref name="CaisisStartPDF" /><ref name="CaisisStartPPT" />
|- valign="top"
| 4.1.0
| 2008<ref name="CaisisStartPDF" /><ref name="CaisisStartPPT" />
|- valign="top"
| 4.1.1
| 8 December 2008<ref name="CaisisIssues">{{cite web |url=http://www.caisis.org/wiki/index.php?title=Known_Issues |title=Caisis Wiki - Known Issues |publisher=Caisis Foundation |date=1 February 2008 |accessdate=03 October 2012}}</ref>
|- valign="top"
| 4.5.0
| 19 March 2009<ref name="CaisisDloads" />
|- valign="top"
| 5.0.0
| 2010<ref name="CaisisIssues" />
|- valign="top"
| 5.0.2
| 26 October 2010<ref name="CaisisDloads" />
|- valign="top"
| 6.0.0
| 02 February 2012<ref name="CaisisDloads" />
|- valign="top"
|}
==Features==
Features of Caisis include<ref name="CaisisHome">{{cite web |url=http://www.caisis.org/index.aspx |title=Caisis - Integrated Clinic and Research Management System |publisher=Caisis Foundation |accessdate=03 October 2012}}</ref>:
* flexible electronic forms
* clinical documentation integration
* integrated protocol management
* integrated specimen banking
* integrated project tracking
* data export
* extensibility
* robust HIPAA-compliant security
==Hardware/software requirements==
Installation requirements include:
* Windows Server above 2000
* IIS 6 +
* Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5/4.0
* Microsoft SQL Server 2005 or 2008
* Windows-based client
Reference the [http://www.caisis.org/reqsSpecs.aspx Caisis page] or [http://www.caisis.org/wiki/index.php?title=Installation the installation guide] for more information.
==Videos, screenshots, and other media==
Some screenshots exist in the "[http://www.caisis.org/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page#Core_Features Core Features]" section of the wiki.
Access the Caisis demo [http://www.caisis.org/demo/login.aspx here].
==Entities using Caisis==
Over 35 institutions utilize Caisis. For a full list of participating institutions, please reference the [http://www.caisis.org/collaboration.aspx Caisis collaboration page].
==Further reading==
* {{cite journal |journal=Computer-Based Medical Systems - Twentieth IEEE International Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems |date=2007 |pages=633-638 |url=http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?arnumber=4262719 |title=Lessons Learned from Caisis: An Open Source, Web-Based System for Integrating Clinical Practice and Research |author=Fearn, Paul; Regan, Kevin; Sculli, Frank; Fajardo, Jason; Smith, Brandon; Alli, Paul |publisher=IEEE Computer Society |accessdate=03 October 2012 |isbn=0769529054 |doi=10.1109/CBMS.2007.66}}
==External links==
* [http://www.caisis.org/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page Caisis wiki]
==References==
<references />
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Revision as of 17:22, 12 February 2016

Caisis
CaisisLogo.gif
Developer(s) Caisis Foundation
Initial release 2004 (2004) (2.0)[1][2]
Stable release

7.0.0  (August 15, 2017; 7 years ago (2017-08-15))

[±]
Preview release none [±]
Written in C#, XML, HTML, JavaScript
Operating system Windows
Type Laboratory informatics software
License(s) GNU Public License v2.0
Website caisis.org

Caisis is an open source, web-based clinical cancer patient data management system that seamlessly integrates clinical research functionality.

Product history

According to the development team, work began on Caisis in January 2002 to replace a five-year old Microsoft Access database utilized in the Department of Urology at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.[3][1][2] The project actually started out internally as "Valhalla," but as it grew in scope, the course of the project changed. In what is assumed to be the first public open-source release, the software's name changed to "Caisis" and incremented to version 2.0.[1][2] Development has continued since, with increased scope and collaboration from around the world. By 2008, the Caisis Group estimated over 400 users at more than 20 sites in six countries were utilizing Caisis, treating over 200,000 patients in the process.[1]

The latest release is version 6.0, released on February 2, 2012.[4] Among the new features introduced in 6.0 were an improved user dashboard, administrative interface, and analytics interface, as well as the addition of the ability to store user preferences.[4]

The following table shows the dates of various releases. Some dates may be approximate:

Version Release date
1.0–1.1 2002 (as Valhalla)[1][2]
1.2 2003 (as Valhalla)[1][2]
2.0–2.1 2004 (becomes Caisis)[1][2]
3.0–3.1 2005[1][2]
3.5 2006[1][2]
4.0.0 2007[1][2]
4.1.0 2008[1][2]
4.1.1 8 December 2008[5]
4.5.0 19 March 2009[4]
5.0.0 2010[5]
5.0.2 26 October 2010[4]
6.0.0 02 February 2012[4]


Features

Features of Caisis include[6]:

  • flexible electronic forms
  • clinical documentation integration
  • integrated protocol management
  • integrated specimen banking
  • integrated project tracking
  • data export
  • extensibility
  • robust HIPAA-compliant security

Hardware/software requirements

Installation requirements include:

  • Windows Server above 2000
  • IIS 6 +
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5/4.0
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005 or 2008
  • Windows-based client

Reference the Caisis page or the installation guide for more information.

Videos, screenshots, and other media

Some screenshots exist in the "Core Features" section of the wiki.

Access the Caisis demo here.

Entities using Caisis

Over 35 institutions utilize Caisis. For a full list of participating institutions, please reference the Caisis collaboration page.

Further reading


External links

References

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 Fearn, Paul; Carpenter, Jane; Warth, Rainer (20 May 2008). "Caisis allows 22 research groups world-wide to manage clinical and biospecimen data in a single data format" (PDF). Caisis Foundation. p. 10–15. http://www.biobank-suisse.ch/e/sbbs_download/08-05-18_isber_2008_final.pdf. Retrieved 03 October 2012. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 Fearn, Paul (10 September 2007). "Caisis 4.0: Re-Designing the Data Supply Chain" (PPT). Caisis Team. p. 15. http://pathinfoarchives.dbmi.pitt.edu/apiii/2007/presentations/Fearn/APIII_Caisis4_DataSupplyChainx.ppt. Retrieved 03 October 2012. 
  3. ↑ "Caisis - About Caisis". Caisis Foundation. http://www.caisis.org/aboutCaisis.aspx. Retrieved 03 October 2012. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 "Caisis - Downloads". Caisis Foundation. 19 March 2009. http://www.caisis.org/downloads.aspx#. Retrieved 03 October 2012.  Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "CaisisDloads" defined multiple times with different content
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Caisis Wiki - Known Issues". Caisis Foundation. 1 February 2008. http://www.caisis.org/wiki/index.php?title=Known_Issues. Retrieved 03 October 2012. 
  6. ↑ "Caisis - Integrated Clinic and Research Management System". Caisis Foundation. http://www.caisis.org/index.aspx. Retrieved 03 October 2012. 
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