Open Source Community

The OSAMS project is a free and open source project licensed under a creative commons 3.0 license with attribution. Any healthcare institution with a current subscription to the Australian Therapeutic Guidelines is eligible to receive the project files at no cost.

Flexible Design

All aspects of the application are customisable by the health service. We only ask that improvements made are fed back to the open source community for implementation at their sites.

Simple Approval Management

The application approval system requires no complex infrastructure. It works on a shared algorithm between the code generator and checking page, this means it can be deployed on a server anywhere, with no need for a designated database.

Focus on Clinical Decision Support

Many antimicrobial approval systems request a choice of antibiotic, then require justification for the choice made. This system of approval is problematic. It turns the application into a regulatory tool only, without opportunity to provide education and guide best practice.


Want to learn to update the application?

Complete a Free HTML Course

If you want to do the best you can to update the OSAMS application why not try completing a free online HTML course (linked above)

Complete a Free JavaScript Course

If you want to take things even further and build your own clinical calculators or work on the code checker or generator why not click the link above to complete a free online JavaScript course?

Application Awards

The OSAMS project has received multiple awards for improving antimicrobial stewardship

Nomination for Exemplary Clinical Practice by the Australian Commission for Safety and Quality in Health Care

In 2021 the TEAMS (Top End Antimicrobial Stewardship) application was nominated for exemplary clinical practice by the assessors from the Australian Commission for Safety and Quality in Health Care. The accreditation review found that the application was:

  • Widely used by the clinicians surveyed
  • Linked to observable improvements in antimicrobial prescribing

Winner of the Northern Territory Top End Health Services Service and Innovation Award (2018)

Winner of the 'Doing Things Right' category for service innovation.

The OSAMS application template has demonstrated clear reductions in broad spectrum antimicrobial usage, improved switch to oral times and has demonstrated excellent results in staff feedback surveys, ranking as the most clinically useful and useable application in one staff survey of clinical applications used.

Winner of the Chief Ministers Award for Excellence

Awarded the NT Chief Ministers award for excellence in the healthcare field 2017

  • Demonstrated clear service innovation
  • Demonstrated clear improvement post implementation
  • Project implementation on time and within budget