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WebLS-Based Breast Cancer Decision Guide 
Wins Smithsonian Award

June 1, 1999 - Lebanon, OH--Amzi!, inconjunction with SAIC and the U.S. Army MRMC has been named a Laureat for the Smithsonian-Computerworld Innovation awards for the Breast Cancer Decision Guide. The award was presented on the mall in Washington, D.C. and the project materials have been accepted into the Smithsonian Institution's Permanent Research Collection of Information Technology.

The Breast Cancer Decision Guide was built using Amzi!'s WebLS product. This freeware product is designed for implementing advisors and problem solvers on the web. The Decision Guide uses WebLS to aid medical decision-making by providing patients and family members with custom-generated information that is specific to an individual's breast cancer diagnosis and personal situation.

The Department of Defense Breast Cancer Decision Guide (http://www.bcdg.org) is a website designed to assist breast cancer patients and their family members in medical decision-making. It does this by providing users with personalized information that can improve the understanding of a specific breast cancer diagnosis and the treatment options that are likely to apply when that diagnosis and other patient-specific factors (both medical and non-medical) are taken into account. The interactive consultations (built with WebLS) filter out information that is not relevant and select all information that is relevant, including information that the user might not have known to access. The consultations organize the relevant information into a concise and clearly written report that includes options for verifying that the information applies and for seeking additional information.

In addition to empowering breast cancer patients and their family members with the information needed to participate in meaningful discussion and informed decision-making with physicians and other healthcare professionals, the Decision Guide demonstrates the general utility of the WebLS technology.

The Decision Guide is a project of the Department of Defense Breast Cancer Prevention, Education and Diagnosis Program Initiative funded by U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command Contracts DAMD17-93-C-3141 and DAMD17-96-C-6131. For more information see Amzi!’s web site, http://www.amzi.com, or write or call Amzi! at: 5861 Greentree Road, Lebanon, OH 45036. Phone: 513-425-8050. Fax: 513-425-8025. Amzi! is a registered trademark and WebLS, Logic Server and Subscription Plus are trademarks of Amzi! inc. 

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