Genline: An Electronic Clinical Genetics Knowledge Base

The broad, long-term objectives of this proposal are to develop Genline, an electronic clinical genetics knowledge base, to assist health professionals in using the scientific advances of The Human Genome Project for the care of patients with inherited diseases. The Specific Aims are:
-to develop a knowledge base of authoritative, concise, up-to-date information relating new genetic tests to the diagnosis, management and counseling of families with genetic diseases;
-to develop a data base in which to store the contents of the knowledge base in a structured form to permit multiple views and uses of the data;
-to distribute the contents of the knowledge base online via the World Wide Web;
-to evaluate the effectiveness of the knowledge base in meeting the information needs of the two targeted audiences; genetics professionals (medical geneticists, genetic counselors, and nurses in genetics) and non-geneticist health care providers (physicians, nurses and other providers in specialty practice and primary care). (Co-funded with NLM)