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admin
Sunday, January 17, 2010
It is with some degree of sadness and trepidation that I announce the necessity to commercialise the DCP.
This has become necessary due to the high costs involved in creating and maintaining the DCP over the last two years.
I can no longer afford foot the costs alone.
Costs have reached $30,000 and this does not include the thousands of hours spent developing the DCP.
Therefore I have made the decision to commercialise the DCP.
The DCP will soon (when I manage to implement subscriptions) require a small subscription licence fee for advanced features. Basic functionality of the DCP will remain free. Non Providers (those users without provider numbers) will not be affected by this change. I have setup pages which detail subscription information and the features affected.
I would like to see the DCP used widely and the subscription fees will be used to cover ongoing costs and promote the DCP.
To reach a broader audience the DCP requires some form of promotion. Promoting the DCP, todate has been largely left to end users. Apart from a few sessions at APCC conferences and at the Monash, Knox and Canberra local divisions of General Practice I have not promoted the DCP. Promoting the DCP for use by GP's is a difficult task without support of existing vendors, divisions of practice or the RACGP. Commercialisation of the DCP will open up the possibility to advertise the DCP in a more traditional sense.
Further development of the DCP can continue only if I am able to commit my most precious resource - my time. This will be much easier if I am able to allocate time without detracting heavily from personal time.
Obtaining assistance in developing the DCP and performing clinical Trials will require funding. Commercialisation will help the DCP progress forward with these goals.
There are many more features on the drawing board. Some of these may change our ideas and methods of implementing preventive care. To bring these to fruition, commercialisation will provide me with added incentive and means.
I believe it is in the best interest of the DCP current and potential users for the DCP to progress down this path.
Yours Sincerely
Dr Anton Knieriemen
8 comment(s) so far...
DCP Subscriptions - Now available
Now implemented. You can obtain a DCP subscription using the link on the about form. The Trial period for everyone already using the DCP wil expire in the first week of March. Dont panic! You will still be able to run the DCP. Only some features will be affected.Please obtain a subscription to register you ongoing support for DCP Development.
By admin on
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
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Re: DCP Subscriptions - Soon available
Dear Anton,
I am involved in the new APCC wave on COPD and CDPSM and loaded DCP as part of this. I have found it to be of great benefit and wish to subscribe .
Sadly it is not working on my computer in the past 2 days and I am having withdrawal symptoms! Hopefully this will be rectified soon.
Thanks for developing such an excellent tool to help with preventive care.
Regards,
Fiona Broderick
By fiona on
Monday, February 08, 2010
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Re: DCP Subscriptions - Soon available
I have fixed a few errors over the weekend. See 'Whats New' on the top menu for a list of changes. If you have problems still email me a screenshot or text from the error message.
Cheers
Anton
By admin on
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
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Re: DCP Subscriptions - Soon available
this is a really complicated site
all i want to do is trial dcp for a few weeks - how on earth do i do that without a degree in computer science can someone pelase explain - 20 minutesso far and i cant work out what to do - or for that matter how to subscribe
By david poland on
Thursday, March 04, 2010
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Re: DCP Subscriptions - Soon available
please email me
By david poland on
Thursday, March 04, 2010
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Re: DCP Subscriptions - Soon available
please i would like to get more information about the subscription, how much it costs per year and how can i subscribe
thanks
By imanelsh on
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
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Re: DCP Subscriptions - Soon available
Any update on how we can have non-doctors writing/contributing to care plans. Especially the AUSDRISK assessments!! At the moment, the nurses are doing AUSDRISK, but it is not being recorded in Doctor's Control Panel, and so the risk of unnecessary repetition is high.
By fongdp on
Wednesday, June 02, 2010
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Re: DCP Subscriptions - Soon available
Any update on how we can have non-doctors writing/contributing to care plans. Especially the AUSDRISK assessments!! At the moment, the nurses are doing AUSDRISK, but it is not being recorded in Doctor's Control Panel, and so the risk of unnecessary repetition is high.
By fongdp on
Wednesday, June 02, 2010
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