Maintenance & updating

Orthodose developed MedLight srl by represents a significant advance in medical applications dedicated to palliative care and pain management. Initially created in 2010 by a doctor specializing in palliative care, it offers healthcare professionals useful, accurate and actionable information on palliative care pain management and relevant conversion calculations. Orthodose stands as an indispensable tool for improving palliative care quality worldwide.

In a landscape awash with varying information, Orthodose stands out by providing information fuelled by Evidence Based Medicine, yet practical, peer-used practical information, facilitating enlightened therapeutic decisions. It is important to emphasize that Orthodose provides theoretical information for professional use, devoid of patient-specific diagnostics or treatment options, underscoring the necessity for healthcare professionals to tailor application advice to individual patient contexts.

In order to constantly maintain the accuracy and relevance of Orthodose, we have developed a specific procedure to ensure that the medical information in the application remains up-to-date and accurate. This history underscores the application’s enduring commitment to quality, security, and patient safety, making it a trusted resource in the palliative care community.

A rigorous content review cycle involves clinical expert in palliative care and explicitly includes supervision by a medical doctor. It ensures that updates and assessments of the app’s medical content are overseen by a qualified healthcare professional, reinforcing the app’s credibility and reliability. This cycle is designed to incorporate the latest clinical guidelines, research findings, and evidence-based practices, with updates occurring annually or more frequently as needed. This cycle explicitly acknowledges the balance between the application’s practicality and the necessity for it to remain secure and up to date, ensuring that decisions to update are informed not only by the latest articles but also by their applicability and safety in clinical use.

The mechanism for integrating user feedback, collected through the app and website, is detailed further to emphasize its effectiveness. This process, conducted monthly, involves reviewing feedback to identify scientific references and prioritize updates, reinforcing the app’s responsiveness to user needs and enhancing its practical utility. The inclusion of user feedback in the literature review process, and the decision not to list all sources in the bibliography due to the long-standing nature of this review (commencing 15 years ago), are new additions. This approach ensures a relatively concise yet comprehensive bibliography.

The ongoing monitoring of scientific literature, clinical guidelines, and regulatory updates is crucial. This process involves continuous scanning of new information relevant to pain management in palliative care, ensuring that the app remains a current and practical resource for healthcare professionals. This monitoring explicitly includes the criteria of quality, practicality and security in the evaluation of new information for app integration, ensuring that updates not only reflect the latest scientific findings but are also viable and safe for clinical application.

The quality assurance and validation section has been expanded to detail the testing process by “testers”, including medical doctors, ensuring that updates do not compromise the app’s functionality or reliability. Users interested in participating as testers are encouraged to apply through the Orthodose contact page, fostering a community-driven approach to app development and quality assurance.

With the detailed background of Orthodose’s creation and MEDLIGHT SRL’s stewardship, the application has undergone significant enhancements to solidify its position as a reliable, effective, and compliant tool for palliative care professionals. MEDLIGHT’s approach, incorporating rigorous update cycles, user feedback integration, continuous monitoring of scientific literature, and comprehensive quality assurance, builds a robust foundation for trust among users. This commitment to excellence and patient safety is now further emphasized in our change log version notes, reflecting our dedication to maintaining Orthodose as a premier resource for healthcare professionals. By incorporating these detailed procedures, MEDLIGHT SRL ensures that Orthodose continues to be a dependable and efficient tool for target information, fostering greater trust and demonstrating a steadfast commitment to quality and patient safety in palliative care.

The bibliography will be selectively compiled to reflect the extensive literature review spanning over 15 years, emphasizing key references that inform the app’s content, such as: