Computerised Genetic Risk Assessment and Decision Support in Primary Care
Abstract
To address these issues, a new computer application called RAGs (Risk Assessment in Genetics) has been designed. The system allows a doctor to create family trees and assess genetic risk of breast cancer. RAGs possesses two features that distinguish it from similar software: (a) a user-centred design, which takes into account the requirements of the doctor-patient encounter; (b) risk reporting using qualitative evidence for or against an increased risk, which the authors believe to be more useful and accessible than numerical probabilities are. In that the system allows for any genetic risk guideline to be implemented, it can be used with all diseases for which evaluation guidelines exist. The software may be easily modified to cater for the amount of detail required by different specialists.
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