City of Hope Selects Proponents Instant Prototyping Software for NIH-Sponsored Cancer Research Database Project

Proponent Software announced that it has agreed to provide its Instant Prototyping software and related consulting services to City of Hope National Medical Center in connection with a clinical research database project sponsored by the National Institutes of Health.

Proponent Software announced that it has agreed to provide its Instant Prototyping software and related consulting services to City of Hope National Medical Center in connection with a clinical research database project sponsored by the National Institutes of Health.

Clinical trials are complex disease treatment guidelines characterized by numerous data elements that describe how individuals respond to therapeutic interventions ranging from chemotherapy to radiation to surgery. To support City of Hopes disease research programs, its Division of Information Sciences has pioneered the development of advanced clinical research databases. Based on its established domain leadership, City of Hope was awarded a National Institutes of Health grant in early 2001 to develop information management standards and technologies for cancer diagnosis and treatment.

The resulting database and applications will be accessed by clinical research institutes nationwide, and is expected to provide a standard and model of excellence in this important area of medical informatics. City of Hopes collaborators include healthcare informatics experts from the Los Alamos National Laboratorys Advanced Computing Lab, along with domain experts from the University of Southern California and Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles.

Project leader, Joyce C. Niland, Ph.D., Chair of City of Hopes Division of Information Sciences, noted, We are very excited about Proponent Softwares involvement in this project. In a very short time, the Proponent approach has enabled our team to resolve significant database design issues and validate our emerging data model. Prior to adopting Proponents Instant Prototyping technology, we seemed to be reaching the limitations of conventional methods."

About City of Hope
City of Hope National Medical Center is one of the worlds leading research and treatment centers for cancer and other life-threatening diseases, including diabetes and HIV/AIDS. A pioneer in the fields of bone marrow transplantation and genetics, City of Hope is a National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, one of only 40 such facilities in the United States. City of Hope . . . where the power of knowledge saves lives. Additional information about City of Hope is available at www.cityofhope.org.

About Proponent Software
Proponent Software provides the breakthrough Application Visualization Framework solution suite, including its Instant Prototyping and Enterprise Deployment software products. Proponents Application Visualization Framework enables business analysts and technology professionals to visualize data or object structures and functionality, dynamically establish detailed application requirements, and deploy a broad class of enterprise-level and web-based applications-virtually instantly. Additional information about Proponent Software is available at www.proponent.com.