Diagnotep is a medical search engine designed to assist in the diagnosis of afflictions. It aims to provide timely and accurate information for people experiencing medical problems.
Diagnotep is currently in version 2007.1. To enhance the program's processing speed for more effective searches, users are encouraged to download and extract the health archive compressed file into a designated folder. The program is offered under the GPL license, which permits users to freely copy and modify the software as they please, as well as allow others to do the same when the modified version of the software is made public.
This search engine operates by scanning a medical database for varying symptoms and will only display results associated with medical afflictions. It is essential to note that the database consists of approximately 1,800 afflictions, and regardless of search depth, there cannot be more than this number of results.
In addition, Diagnotep's results page links point either to public domain government pages or to pages under the GNU Free Documentation License. One of the essential advantages of using Diagnotep is its ability to exclude non-health pages from its results which, in turn, opens up the possibility of getting more accurate diagnoses. Further, Diagnotep's exclusive search of affliction pages means users will only obtain results relevant to their search query.
However, one major disadvantage is that the medical database may be large but is incomplete, meaning not all medical pages on the internet are included. Another disadvantage of using Diagnotep is related to its size, which is about 200 kilobytes. Thus, it could take up to 30 seconds to load on a 56k dialup modem, depending on internet speed.
Despite its limitations, Diagnotep's development team is continually working on the software, hoping to expand the treatment sections for common afflictions, and adding more afflictions to the database for more comprehensive medical coverage. Additionally, the development team is working to reduce the software's size to facilitate faster loading speeds.
Version 2007.1: N/A