Our Business and Services
Medal.org Limited owns and operates the largest international web-based knowledge
base of medical algorithms and computational procedures for medical treatment and
administration. Medal.org is the largest provider of medical algorithms and the
biggest player in the medical algorithms market, with a background of 5 years of
building up its internet presence, book series, and professional sponsorship.
Medal.org is an exceptional and world-leading resource covering the entire medical
and healthcare field. Over 125,000 U.S. and international users, our clients include
medical doctors and professionals, EHR firms, medical equipment and pharmaceutical
companies. We have distributed operations in USA, India and Germany, and registered
offices in London.
Medal.org has compiled and manages the largest pool of algorithms and computational
procedures for healthcare evaluation, treatment and administration. We have developed
a unique source of several thousand medical analytics with an integrated knowledge
base of diagnostics and solutions: www.medal.org
Medal.org represents a global resource consisting of over 17.000 authentic algorithms
and computational instructions categorized into 45 medical specialties for all aspects
of the medical field, complete with authoritative documentation and references for
each algorithm; each medical discipline is covered by Medal.Org.
Our worldwide leading internet platform of medical algorithms and is used around
the world by medical staff and EHR administrators for objective and reliable medical
decision making. Our technology ties in with all currently discussed EHR and patient
care developments, and may well empower Philips as the primary provider and master
administrator of medical assessment procedures.
Our usage is still free and unrestricted – major interest is primarily by physicians,
health authorities, healthcare providers, and drug companies. To get an even better
overview, go to www.medal.org and click on "Introduction to New Users"
Our Products and Services
Medal.Org is cooperating with large medical organizations and is publishing a wide
range of academic and professional books to support wide-spread usage and increasing
professional acceptance in clinical practice and healthcare administration.
Marketing and distribution of Medal.Org books is provided by the Springer Publishing
Company (The Netherlands), which publishes the Medal.org documentation "Springer
Series on Medical Algorithms".
Currently we are offering and several products to provide a range of services to
the medical field and are planning further expanded services in the near future:
- medal.org website – free access to mostly all resources; is fully functional and
operational
- corporate intranet – corporate intranet database with custom selected algorithms
- Medal.Org series of books – a cooperation with Springer Publishing; 9 books have
been published in various specialties in English, German, and Spanish
- Advertising on medal.org website
- Cooperation with Algorithmic Medicine, Houston, TX
- Web shop with spreadsheets, pdf forms, ebooks etc – under development
Company History
Medal.org was established by leading practitioners and scientists to address the
future healthcare needs. Our technology helps all parties to make faster and more
informed decisions, streamline cost management and improve the quality and economics
of healthcare.
The entire content of medal.org was developed over a period of more than 5 years
by medical professionals and university staff. The company and its origin is essentially
a US development with US medical staff and university professors driving the development.
The content is owned and developed by Medal.org Limited. We have a close relationship
with the Institute of Algorithmic Medicine, which also owns a minority interest
in the Company.
Currently, the key centers of medical and research activities are in the US with
administration and corporate office in the UK.
Medical Field - Developments and Outlook
Improving quality and efficiency – Growing costs in the health systems market require
tools to reduce costs by standardizing health care. There are a number of initiatives
in play that aim to help make the health care system more efficient and higher quality,
and consequently more cost-effective. Overall, decreasing unwarranted variation
in medical practice and unnecessary care is seen as a priority, particularly geographic
variation, since higher spending on health care in certain geographical areas does
not correspond to better health outcomes.
Investment in information technology (IT) – Greater use of technology, such as electronic
medical records (EMR), has been promoted and researched for its potential to more
efficiently share information and reduce overhead costs. Medical algorithms will
be used in the immediate future to link treatment with EMR management and billing.
This will soon be a standard for the (US) medical services industry. $19 billion
in federal funding has already been allocated to uniformly upgrade health IT, a
major component of the Obama administration’s health reform plan, indicating that
the movement to invest in IT has gained significant traction.
Future health systems will support better informed patients: the market for algorithmic
medical treatment and administration – and also for self-diagnosing patients – will
grow dramatically within the next 10 years. Growing costs in the health systems
market requires tools to reduce costs by standardizing health care. As medical algorithms
will be used for all these linked processes in providing medical services, and Medal.Org
could and should as qualified authoritative and competent organization – in line
with FDA regulations - maintain, control and provide these algorithms.
Opportunities
Growing costs in the health systems market require tools to reduce costs by standardizing
health care. Medical algorithms are the foundation of all quality based, cost-saving
medical developments.
Opportunities involve revolutionizing the entire field of medical decision making
and Electronic Medical Records (EMR), as it relates to treatment, administration,
payment services and quality control, because medical algorithms are the base of
all quality based, cost-saving medical developments.
Medical algorithms are designed and developed to establish the link between treatment
and EMR management as well as billing. This will soon be a standard for the (US)
medical services industry.
Medal.org represents the worldwide leading internet platform of medical algorithms
and is used around the world by medical staff and EMR administrators for objective
and reliable medical decision making. As medical algorithms will be used for all
these linked processes in providing medical services, and Medal.org could and should
as qualified authoritative and competent organization – in line with FDA regulations
– maintain, control and provide these algorithms.
Future health systems will have to deal with better informed patients: the market
for algorithm-supported medical treatment and administration will grow dramatically
within the next 10 years. Medal.org is exploring interfaces to into electronic health
records, health card support, intelligent automation tools, and health assurance
and administration services.
Medal.org can fill this marketplace, establish itself as a reference standard, and
generate reliable and continuous fee revenues. Medal.org was developed over a period
of more than 5 years by medical professionals and university staff.
The company has the vision plans to evolve into the biggest provider for electronic medical algorithms
and online calculators integrated with Electronic Health Records (EHR), which will
soon be a standard for the US medical services industry, and has good chances to
expand to other services: electronic health record interface, health card support,
intelligent automation tool, health assurance services.
Market potential for our medical algorithms platform in combination with Electronic
Medical Records is estimated to be around $ 1-2 billion per year, as all hospitals
will have to upgrade to a more standardized and cost-efficient therapy and administration
systems in the near future.
User statements and testimonials
"This is one of the most useful medical sites available in the internet. Very good
job!!"(P.E., MD PhD,Italy)
"I just want to let you know that I find the collection of algorithms very useful.
Do you have them in a pocket pc form?"(Dr M.A.)
"First of all, I want to thank to you for your website, it's really usefull for
us working in health area. ... I just want to ask you if it is possible to know
the language availability of the questionnaires. For example I want to know if Functional
Status Questionnaire has validity in Turkish." (M.S., PT, Dokuz
Eylul University, School of Physical Therapy, Izmýr, Turkey)
"The Department of Veterans Affairs is in the process of upgrading its medical decision
support capability and is exploring what resources would be helpful for our clinical
and medical training missions. The MedAl collection of algorithms is the best we
have identified so far, and we would like to discuss using your collection as the
primary source of algorithms for our providers. If we can establish such an arrangement,
this would certainly expand the usage of your tools, as well as being a significant
clinical and educational resource for our clinicians. ..., and congratulations for
compiling such an impressive and well-organized collection of tools." (M.G., MD, Chief, Medical Service)
Established Market Presence
Medal.Org is the largest provider of medical algorithms and the biggest player in
the medical algorithms market with a worldwide leading internet platform of medical
algorithms, which is used by American and international medical professionals and
EHR administrators for objective and reliable medical decision making.
With a background of more than 5 years of building up its internet presence, book series,
and professional sponsorship, Medal.org is a global resource consisting of over
17,000 authentic algorithms and computational instructions for all aspects of the
medical field complete with authoritative documentation and references for each
algorithm. Medal.org covers an exhaustive range of medical discipline classified
into 45 medical specialties to address the needs of specialized medical practices.
Medal.org receives major interest from healthcare professionals, health authorities,
healthcare providers, and drug and medical device companies to support their development
of improved medical services and more efficient deliverance. Users include medical
professionals and organizations active in the medical services field. By now, we
have 125,000 registered users plus affiliated institutions.
Medal.Org has good chances to expand to other services: electronic health record
interface, health card support, intelligent automation tool, health assurance services.
There is a big opportunity for developing an international and national health services
information provider.
What is a medical algorithm?
A Medical Algorithm is a step-by-step procedure for solving a medical problem.
A medical calculator represents any computation, formula, survey, or look-up table
useful in healthcare, for instance assessments, scores, and questionnaires, formulas,
statistical analysis, computation, nomogram, or look-up table, useful in healthcare,
including decision tree approaches to healthcare treatment and step-by-step procedures
for solving and administering medical problems in diagnosis and therapy.
An example is provided below, illustrated by the Cardiac Risk Index.
Benefits of the Medical Algorithms Knowledge Base
Medal.org truly is a comprehensive medical knowledge base with a focus on measuring
or assessing any medical condition and interest area. Medal.Org has the most highly
qualified medical and academic staff generating and maintaining the algorithms data
base. It represents the highest quality content and comprehensive documentation
with the highest quality software usability and a broad range of service offerings,
and allows radical improvement of clinical and administrative medical processes.
Our highly qualified medical and academic staff (MDs / Ph.D.s) is assuring an outstandingly
high quality level in generating and maintaining the algorithms data base. Staff
continually improves performance and efficiency: ongoing developments are continually
increasing quality and speed; current efforts include enhanced standardization,
automation and documentation of care.
Existing applications and usage benefits of the Medal.org "Medical Algorithms
Knowledge Base Resource" include:
- Expanded scope of practice: healthcare providers with access to Medal.org can expand
their scope of practice beyond the routine, especially for obtaining reliable solutions
to infrequently encountered problems.
- Improved Performance and Efficiency: Automation of algorithms should increase the
speed of execution and reduce errors in their use; enhance standardization, automation,
and documentation of care.
- Quality assurance: clinical quality assessment and quality improvement programs
can be enhanced if algorithms are used and their use is audited. This reduces the
risk of medical and administrative errors, as well as support of evidence-based
medicine.
- Potential for patient self-help: patients may benefit by being able to conduct self-diagnosis
and targeted needs assessment; patients would be able to individually make more
informed decisions.
Medal.org can be made available at point-of-care for decision support purposes.
Front-end and back-end services help to increase quality assurance: clinical quality
assessment and enhanced quality improvement programs by means of audited use of
algorithms.
Our technology ties in with all currently discussed EHR and patient care developments,
especially the drive to improve quality and reduce cost, and may well be the right
foundation to become the primary provider and master administrator of medical assessment
procedures.
Medal.Org is exploring interfaces to into electronic health records, health card
support, intelligent automation tools, and health assurance and administration services.
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