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Structuring clinical practice guidelines in a relational database model for decision support on the Internet.

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Lobach, DF; Gadd, CS; Hales, JW
Published in: Proc AMIA Annu Fall Symp
1997

The rapid proliferation of clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) has made computerization increasingly useful to clinicians. Computerization, however, requires transformation of the content and logic of each guideline into a computer-accessible form. In this project, we sought to use a relational database to construct a generalized guideline knowledge base for use with Internet-based decision support applications. We hypothesized that knowledge representation schemes could be developed to capture guideline content and logic within the constraints of a relational database model. In this paper we describe a database schema based on a relational model for computerizing CPGs using a hybrid of structured and procedural knowledge representation schemes. We developed and refined this model in the context of five diverse CPGs and found it accommodated all necessary representational requirements.

Duke Scholars

Published In

Proc AMIA Annu Fall Symp

ISSN

1091-8280

Publication Date

1997

Start / End Page

158 / 162

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Practice Guidelines as Topic
  • Decision Support Techniques
  • Decision Support Systems, Clinical
  • Databases as Topic
  • Computer Communication Networks
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Algorithms
 

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Lobach, D. F., Gadd, C. S., & Hales, J. W. (1997). Structuring clinical practice guidelines in a relational database model for decision support on the Internet. Proc AMIA Annu Fall Symp, 158–162.
Lobach, D. F., C. S. Gadd, and J. W. Hales. “Structuring clinical practice guidelines in a relational database model for decision support on the Internet.Proc AMIA Annu Fall Symp, 1997, 158–62.
Lobach, D. F., et al. “Structuring clinical practice guidelines in a relational database model for decision support on the Internet.Proc AMIA Annu Fall Symp, 1997, pp. 158–62.

Published In

Proc AMIA Annu Fall Symp

ISSN

1091-8280

Publication Date

1997

Start / End Page

158 / 162

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Practice Guidelines as Topic
  • Decision Support Techniques
  • Decision Support Systems, Clinical
  • Databases as Topic
  • Computer Communication Networks
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Algorithms