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What is the Medical Algorithms Project?
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An effort to create software implementions of useful healthcare algorithms, include documentation and references, and make both easily available to all interested. This project is entirely self-funded. |
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Where are these algorithms from?
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The algorithms here have been collected from the peer-reviewed biomedical literature, including research journals and textbooks. |
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What are the goals of the Medical Algorithms Project?
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- to ensure accurate and reliable equations and algorithms
- to provide adequate documentation with references to the original sources
- to standardize data elements, to enable automation of input and output
- to index and link for quick access and retrieval.
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Why is the project needed?
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What is the Institute for Algorithmic Medicine? (IAM)
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IAM, a Texas non-profit corporation, was created by Dr John R. Svirbely, M.D., & M Sriram Iyengar, Ph.D. to help carry out the goals of the Medical Algorithms Project. IAM owns the web site and all its contents.
John R. Svirbely
Education
- M.D. University of Maryland 1977
- Board certified in anatomic and clinical pathology
- Fellowship in Medical Informatics at the Ohio State University College of Medicine
Current Positions
M Sriram Iyengar
Education
- PhD, Computer Science, The Ohio State University
- MS, Statistics, The Ohio State University
- MSc Electrical Communications Engineering, The Indian Institute of Science
- BTech, Electrical Engineering, The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India
Current Positions
Informatics Research Scientist, National Space Biomedical Research Institute, Baylor COllege of Medicine/NASA Johnson Space Center
Assistant Professor (Starting Fall 2004), School of Health Information Sciences, University of Texas, Houston Health Science Center
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Please read: Terms of Use
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Please note that by downloading the software you agree that you have read & understood the following.
The material at this website is intended only for the educational and personal use of health care students and professionals. It is not intended for persons who have not received appropriate medical training, and should not be used for making clinical decisions pertaining to patient diagnosis, care, or management. Algorithms predicting outcomes use data based on the original articles. Outcomes may vary between institutions and are impacted by newer developments in diagnostics and therapeutics. These should be validated prior to use
Any computations obtained from these algorithms should be compared with, and tempered by, personal clinical knowledge and judgment. Users should verify and validate the documentation and spreadsheets whenever possible. While the Institute for Algorithmic Medicine has attempted to make the material as accurate as possible, no warranties, implicit or otherwise, are being made as to the accuracy and completness of the material. Algorithms & documentation are being revised and expanded on an ongoing basis. Users should visit this website frequently to look for the most current version of the software.
The software at this web site may be freely downloaded and used for non-commercial purposes. Due acknowledgement is required if results using the software are published in any form. Comments and questions are welcome. Any commercial use or re-distribution requires prior written consent from the Institute for Algorithmic Medicine
Who else is involved?
The following are contributors and friends.
- Jorge Raul Rodriguez, MD, Hospital Cosme Argerich, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Gary A Kantor, MD, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- Jack W Smith, Jr, MD, PhD, Interim Dean, School of Healthcare Information Systems, University of Texas, Houston, TX, USA
- Kim Dunn, MD, PhD, Associate Dean, Houston, School of Healthcare Information Systems, University of Texas, Houston, TX, USA
- Kathy A Johnson, PhD, Director, Medical Informatics & Health Care Systems, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, USA
- Javier Velasco, Madrid, Spain
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