Title :
Framework and architecture for the management of event-condition-action (ECA) rule-based clinical protocols
Author :
Dube, Kudakwashe ; Wu, Bing ; Grimson, Jane
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Comput., Dublin Inst. of Technol., Ireland
Abstract :
Computer-based support for the incorporation of clinical practice guidelines and protocols into daily practice has recently attracted a lot of research interest within the healthcare informatics area. The aim is not only to provide support for the flexible specification and execution of clinical guidelines or protocols but also the dynamic management of these guidelines or protocols. This paper presents a framework and architecture for the management of clinical protocols whose specification and execution models are based on the event-condition-action (ECA) rule paradigm.
Keywords :
medical expert systems; ECA rules; clinical practice guidelines; clinical protocol management architecture; clinical protocol management framework; computer-based support; dynamic management; event-condition-action rule-based clinical protocols; flexible execution; flexible specification; healthcare informatics; Biomedical informatics; Computer architecture; Computer science; Condition monitoring; Database systems; Educational institutions; Electronic mail; Guidelines; Protocols; Technology management;
Conference_Titel :
Computer-Based Medical Systems, 2002. (CBMS 2002). Proceedings of the 15th IEEE Symposium on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1614-9
DOI :
10.1109/CBMS.2002.1011391
