GEM: The Guideline Elements Model
Yale Center for Medical Informatics

GEM Cutter ©2000

Overview
The process of extracting knowledge from practice guidelines and incorporating it into computer programs has been arduous.  In an effort to streamline this process, we are developing systems to help translate guideline knowledge into components that computers can “understand” and manipulate. 

GEM Cutter is a tool that has been developed to facilitate the transformation of guideline information into GEM format.

Please click on the picture to see a sample screenshot of the main window of GEM Cutter. 

Operating Environment

GEM Cutter 1.4.1 is the latest and most robust release of GEM Cutter to date.  Built as a .Net application, which requires the .Net Framework to run, it is designed to operate on computers that use Windows 98, Me, NT 4.0, 2000, and XP.   

Requirements

GEM Cutter 1.4.1 has been built and tested using version 1.0 of the .Net Framework.  To install and run GEM Cutter 1.4.1, you must have version 1.0 or 1.1 of the .Net Framework installed. 

To obtain a version of the .Net Framework for your Windows platform, you should find what you need here.  

To learn more about the .Net Framework in general, you can visit the Microsoft web site.   

More information about GEM Cutter

View GEM Cutter Manual (PDF format).    

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