PhenoTips is a tool for collecting and analyzing phenotypic information for patients with genetic disorders. It combines an easy-to-use interface, compatible with any device which runs a Web browser, with a standardized database backend. The PhenoTips user interface closely mirrors clinician workflows, to facilitate the recording of observations made during the patient encounter. By collecting, classifying, and analyzing phenotypic information during the patient encounter, PhenoTips allows streamlining of clinic workflow, efficient data entry, improved diagnosis, standardization of collected patient phenotypes, and sharing of anonymized patient phenotype data for the study of rare disorders.
