ADAMS: Database Management System to coordinate anti-doping

About Anti-Doping Administration & Management System: http://www.wada-ama.org/en/dynamic.ch2?pageCategory.id=265
Q&A : Anti-Doping Administration & Management System (ADAMS): http://www.wada-ama.org/rtecontent/document/QA_ADAMS_en.pdf
Step by step tutorial for athletes: http://www.100percentme.co.uk/adams_tutorial/index.html

Description: The Anti-Doping Administration & Management System (ADAMS) was established to help in coordinating anti-doping activities and implementation of Anti-Doping Code. It is a web-based database management system that simplifies the daily activities of all stakeholders and athletes involved in the anti-doping system. It requires accurate filing of an athlete whereabouts on a 3 month basis or triggers further investigation in case of no submission by the athlete or his designated representative. It performs four primary functions to enforce anti-doping objective:
Athlete Whereabouts: The web-based functionality allows athletes to enter their information on their own or designate a representative such as their anti-doping organization (ADO) for the same.
Information Clearing House: The clearing house is where all data is stored, in particular lab results, Therapeutic Use Exemption authorizations and anti-doping rules violations. It permits the sharing of information among the relevant organizations (guarantees transparency).
Doping Control Platform: Stakeholders can use ADAMS to plan, coordinate, and order tests, as well as manage test results. Coordination of doping control programs in the ADAMS system helps to avoid duplication in doping controls.
Therapeutic Use Exemption(TUE) Management: If the medication an athlete is required to take to treat an illness happens to fall under the Prohibited List, a Therapeutic Use Exemption or TUE may give that athlete the authorization to take the needed medicine. ADAMS allows for online management of TUE requests.

Use Case: There are two types of actors with their own set of goals:
Actor: Athletes, Goal: Athletes enter information about their whereabouts. By accurate filing of whereabouts information such as competition location, training location et al. on a 3 month basis , athletes avoid investigation. An athlete after submitting the info, gets his detailed quarterly calendar. By usage of TUE Management an athlete gets the permission to use a medicine that is under the prohibited list.

Actor: Anti-doping organizations, Goal: Access to information in clearing house, Enforce anti-doping code, Avoid duplication in doping programs by usage of Doping Control Platform. It provides transparency in performing anti doping practice.

Standards: With standardized mechanisms such as Information Clearing House and Doping Control Platform different organizations share, plan, coordinate and manage test results. It has been introduced to and implemented by numerous anti-doping organizations and anti-doping laboratories.

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