Representation primitives, process models and patient data in computer-interpretable clinical practice guidelines: : A literatur

Representation of clinical practice guidelines in a computer-interpretable format is a critical issue for guideline development, implementation, and evaluation. We studied 11 types of guideline representation models that can be used to encode guidelines in computer-interpretable formats. We have consistently found in all reviewed models that primitives for representation of actions and decisions are necessary components of a guideline representation model. Patient states and execution states are important concepts that closely relate to each other. Scheduling constraints on representation primitives can be modeled as sequences, concurrences, alternatives, and loops in a guideline's application process. Nesting of guidelines provides multiple views to a guideline with different granularities. Integration of

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2002
• Where: IJMI
• Authors: Dongwen Wang, Mor Peleg, Samson W. Tu, Aziz A. Boxwala, Robert A. Greenes, Vimla L. Patel, Edward H. Shortliffe
• Keywords: Computer-interpretable Formats, Guideline, Guideline Representation Model, IJMI 2002