1.1. Overview¶
CamCOPS is:
- an application that runs on tablet devices including iPads, Android tablets, and desktop computers (Linux, Windows, iOS).
- It offers many well-known questionnaires and more advanced tests relevant to cognitive and psychiatric assessment.
- It is intended for clinical research by qualified professionals.
- It offers structured and unstructured clinical record-keeping facilities.
- It operates offline, so it can be used in places with no network reception.
- It is compatible with UK NHS information security standards (though security is multifaceted and you will need to do extra things to meet these security requirements).
- It periodically sends its data to a server of yours, which you control.
- The server offers a web ‘front end’ (including printable task summaries, quantitative tracking information, and clinical summary views), a relational database ‘back end’ for powerful statistical analysis, and automatic export facilities including HL7- and file-based export of structured data or PDFs.
Additionally,
- it’s open-source, so you can download and modify the source code. If you’re a programmer, it’s very easy to add your own tasks.
Internally,
- the client app is written using C++ using Qt, an open-source cross-platform framework.
- The server is written in Python and will run on any suitably configured web server.