DYSCERNE is pleased to announce that the pilot of the Dysmorphology Diagnostic System (DDS) started on the 19th December 2008. This pilot involved 7 centres submitting cases to the DDS which were reviewed by the DYSCERNE Partners.
This first stage of the pilot progressed fairly smoothly with relatively few user problems and was therefore extended to include the full DDS Expert Panel reviewing the accepted cases, on the 18th February 2009.
After the completion of this second stage of the pilot the DDS will be launched in phases.
The first phase of the full DDS launch will be to allow the members of the Expert Panel to submit cases. The second phase will add the other submitting nodes in partner and Expert countries, with support offered by DYSCERNE Partners and Experts as well as by the coordinating centre. The final phase will bring onboard all the remaining proposed DDS submitting nodes.
Each phase is currently expected to last 3-4 weeks but this is dependant on how much support the coordinating centre is required to provide to the system users.
It is hoped that all 76 proposed submitting nodes will have access to the DDS by the beginning of May.