MDPIXX HELP
What is MDPIXX?
Why MDPIXX and why should I use it?
Is MDPIXX free to use?
How is the medical content controlled? (Content Authority)
Who can update and insert cases and images?
What are "Cases" and "Atlas"?
So what is the difference between a Case and an Atlas object?
A Case can be Opened and Closed, or Draft; what's the difference?
What kind and format of images and videos can I upload?
The Widget, what's that?
What are Keywords (tags)?
What is SNOMED CT®? And why is used?
Why not MeSH or others?
Is the MDPIXX information secure and private? Is it HIPAA compliance?
MDPIXX Advertising Policy
Is there a MDPIXX Premium Service?
How can I be MDPIXX Premium Service user?
1. What is MDPIXX?
MDPIXX is a clinical web portal that provides a platform for exchanging clinical cases, images, and videos. Physicians can post clinical cases with associated images or videos for discussion among colleagues. In addition, independent images or videos can be sent to the Atlas space for other to review. Other members of the community can then vote and write comments on the cases and images posted.
MDPIXX content can be voted and commented by other users.
2. Why MDPIXX and why should I use it?
To benefit the healthcare community, MDPIXX will promot the following ideas and concepts:
Promot communication and telemedicine through the exchange of information and collaboration
By using MDPIXX, doctors can share their cases, opinions and comments at an user-friendly platform with their colleagues with no boundaries across nations and continents.
Facilitate e research and education by providing a tool that can store images and videos
Help families understand better about medical cases by providing information
3. Is MDPIXX free to use?
Yes, MDPIXX is a no cost service where any internet user can search and review for medical images, videos and clinical cases.
4. How is the medical content controlled? (Content Authority)
All medical information presented in the site is attributed to a registered author accredited with a public profile. Each case or images has the author information with a link to medical professional information (specialty, etc.).
The content is managed by the MDPIXX community itself also. One of the potentials of the web 2.0 is that the social community itself rates for the most relevant information. MDPIXX allows every registered user to vote (value) a clinical case and comment on each case.
Also, the platform has an option to Report a case as: Inappropriate material, Privacy violation, technically inaccurate, others. Any registered user can Report a case and the Clinical Committee reviews such case, make it non public and contact the user to solve the potential problem.
5. Who can update and insert cases and images?
ONLY registered doctors can create, modify cases, images and videos. Registration process is controlled, so only doctors will be allowed to get registered into MDPIXX and provide content. Basic registration service is free of cost.
6. What are "Cases" and "Atlas"?
Information in MDPIXX repository is organized in two ways:
Cases: It is a proper medical case with a main description and associated images or videos. Cases can be rated, commented and shared among users. A Case has a group of images or videos and associated tags.
Atlas: Uploaded images and videos can be reviewed independently as an image or a video apart from case. Images and videos have associated tags that define them. They can also be shared, rated and commented.
7. So what is the difference between a Case and an Atlas object?
A clinical case in MDPIXX is real medical case, with the same traditional scientific content but a nice structure: definition, tags and images. Users may want to post a case to get an opinion for other colleagues or to show and interesting case or procedure or even video of a new surgery type.
The Atlas is the space where medical media content can be found. Here independent videos, medical images, ECG's and some other content can be uploaded, categorized with tags, voted and commented. Images in the Atlas can be associated with a clinical case or be independent.
8. A Case can be Opened and Closed, or Draft; what's the difference?
A case can be closed by the user when he/she is satisfied with the comments and opinions from other colleagues.
A case is in the draft state when the case preparation is in the process. The case is not yet ready for the others to view, rate or comment.
9. What kind and format of images and videos can I upload?
MDPIXX accepts mostly of the standard formats of Images and Videos. Use the Upload space in the MDbox (only for registered users) or the Widget to upload content.
10. The Widget, what's that?
The Widget is a desktop tool that you can install and get from the home page. It makes easier to the users to upload images and videos to MDPIXX. The Widget is useful when the user wants to upload images but don't want to open a web browser because of several reasons. For example, if you are with a patient doing a process and need the computer for other reasons you may not want to open MDPIXX. The widget allows you easily to get images and send to MDPIXX without the need of opening a browser.
The Snapshot utility is an amazing functionality that will allow you to make a snapshot of any screen and send as image to the widget. If you are with a patient and using a third party application (for video capturing, PACS Viewer, Medical Record, etc.) you can use the widget to make a photo of the screen and send that content to the widget. Easy and simple!
For Windows users, MDPIXX widget requires Yahoo! Widget application to be installed, and also Windows .NET Framework for the Snapshot Utility.
11. What are Keywords (tags)?
Keywords and Tags are structured words that identify a case or an image. Tags are useful for search and referrals. The more tags you put to describe your case or media object (image, video) the easier will be found by other users.
Keywords are defined by using SNOMED CT Terminology, an international standardized medical terminology.
Keywords are multilingual, so information can be independently managed and searched in the all the languages that MDPIXX supports
12. What is SNOMED CT®? And why is used?
SNOMED CT® (Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine -- Clinical Terms), is a systematically organized computer processable collection of medical terminology covering most areas of clinical information such as diseases, findings, procedures, microorganisms, pharmaceuticals etc. It allows a consistent way to index, store, retrieve, and aggregate clinical data across specialties and sites of care. It also helps organizing the content of medical records, reducing the variability in the way data is captured, encoded and used for clinical care of patients and research.
Physicians and organizations use different clinical terms with same meaning. For example, the terms heart attack, myocardial infarction, and MI may mean the same to a cardiologist, but, to a computer, they are all different. There is a need to exchange clinical information consistently between different health care providers, care settings, researchers and others (semantic interoperability),and because medical information is recorded differently from place to place (on paper or electronically), a comprehensive, unified medical terminology system is needed as part of the information infrastructure. SNOMED CT® also allows multilingual support and automatic translation of medical terms. That's why the MDPIXX content is based and structured with SNOMED CT®.
Images, videos and clinical cases organized under a SNOMED CT® terminology are a really powerful tool for clinical collaboration. This will allow users to search through the repository quickly by typing a keywords that relates to the case.
13. Why not MeSH or others?
MeSH was also considered as a good terminology since physicians are used to PubMed. SNOMED was covering the similar terminology but also has multilingual support and ICD9 and ICD10 connections.
14. Is the MDPIXX information secure and private? Is it HIPAA compliance?
MDPIXX is a secure community for physicians. 100% Privacy is ensured since no patient data are required and 100% HIPAA complaint because no patient information is needed to create a Case. You may read Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy for more detailed information.
15. MDPIXX Advertising Policy
MDPIXX is not funded by advertising model. MDPIXX is born with the aim to be sustainable from Premium Memberships and extra service. There is no publicity at all at MDPIXX site however at the case that some publicity is added in the future, MDPIXX compromises to put a clear reference to the banner or advertising.
16. Is there a MDPIXX Premium Service?
Yes, MDPIXX has a Premium services. Premium Users will benefit of some interesting advantages:
Awards : MDPIXX is reaching agreements with several organizations to manage awards to the best clinical case, etc. Only cases from Premium Users will be eligible to participate in the awards.
Private cases: Premium Users will be able to manage cases in a private way. He/she will share the case with specific colleagues for rating and comments.
Download Images: Image viewer for Premium users allow easy download of images.
17. How can I be MDPIXX Premium Service user?
Premium Service User is based on annual fee of $70.
MDPIXX is now in the first year of life and would like to grateful initial users. Users registered during this first year 2008 that post at least 5 clinical cases will automatically be Premium.
To get more information and become a Premium user please contact info@mdpixx.com
Last modification on May 26th, 2008