GenPRES is a Clinical Decision Support System (CDSS) for safe and efficient medication prescribing in (pediatric) intensive care settings.
This user guide is available in multiple languages:
| Language | Guide |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧 English | User Guide (English) |
| 🇳🇱 Nederlands | Gebruikershandleiding (Nederlands) |
GenPRES helps clinical staff:
- Look up evidence-based dosing rules and constraints
- Perform safe medication calculations
- Verify the correct application of clinical rules
The system currently runs at http://genpres.nl.
Additional background (in Dutch, with a language banner) is available at https://medicatieveiligensnel.nl.
⚠️ Medical Disclaimer GenPRES is not intended for direct clinical use without appropriate validation and regulatory approval. See SUPPORT.md for the full disclaimer.
GenPRES supports medication prescribing, preparation, and administration in pediatric (and adult) critical care. It performs rule lookup, dose calculations, and constraint validation based on patient-specific parameters.
This guide is aimed at:
- New developers onboarding to the project
- QA testers verifying application behaviour
- Clinical informatics staff evaluating the system
Full functional user guides are maintained at the GenPRES project site. These include annotated screenshots and animated walkthroughs (language banner available — figures and animations remain in Dutch):
| Guide | Description |
|---|---|
| Emergency List & Standard Infusion Pumps | Emergency medication list and continuous infusion pump workflows |
| Prescribing & Drug Dosing | Step-by-step prescribing and dose-checking workflow |
| Document | Description |
|---|---|
| Getting Started | Running the application, accessing it without patient data, entering patient data via the UI or URL parameters |
| Testing Workflows | Reproducible testing procedures for QA: no-patient-context testing, unit conversion testing, basic prescribing workflow |
GenPRES is developed in accordance with the European Medical Device Regulation (MDR 2017/745). Relevant regulatory documentation is maintained under docs/mdr/:
- GitHub Discussions – preferred for questions, ideas, and clinical use cases
- GitHub Issues – bug reports and feature requests
- Slack – genpresworkspace.slack.com
- SUPPORT.md – Support policy and contact information