MoU on ‘Clinical Decision Support System’ signed

A collaborative tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that envisages provision of accumulated industrial expertise for the development of an intelligent ‘Clinical Decision Support System’ was signed on Friday.

The agreement was inked between the National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences (NUCES) research center nexGIN RC, CureMD and National ICT R&D Fund. Dr. Qasim Sheikh, CEO National ICT R& D Fund, Bilal Hashmat, CEO CureMD and Dr. Amir Muhammad, Rector NUCES signed the agreement in the presence of senior officials representing the three organizations.

According to the MoU, CureMD will offer the technical expertise for their developed Electronic Health Records System, providing de-identified medical records of patients without disclosing their personal information solely for research and development of Clinical Decision Support System.

National ICT R&D Fund (Ministry of IT & Telecom) will help this initiative by facilitating funding for the collaboration, once the proposal is approved through the evaluation process of ICTRDF, which might be jointly submitted by CureMD and nexGIN RC.

Correspondingly, NUCES Research Center will duly acknowledge CureMD as an organizational partner and National ICT R&D Fund for its support on its website.

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