Workflow technology to enrich a computerized clinical chart with decision support facilities.

Full Abstract

Literature results and personal experience show that intrusive modalities of presenting suggestions of computerized clinical practice guidelines are detrimental to the routine use of an information system. This paper describes a solution for smoothly integrating a guideline-based decision support system into an existing computerized clinical chart for patients admitted to a Stroke Unit. Since many years, the healthcare personnel were using a commercial product for the ordinary patients' data management, and they were satisfied with it. Thus, the decision support system has been integrated keeping attention to minimize changes and preserve existing human-computer interaction. Our decision support system is based on workflow technology. The paper illustrates the middleware layer developed to allow communication between the workflow management system and the clinical chart. At the same time, the consequent modification of the graphical users' interface is illustrated.

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Author information

Author/s: Panzarasa, Silvia (S); Quaglini, Silvana (S); Cavallini, Anna (A); Micieli, Giuseppe (G); Pernice, Corrado (C); Pessina, Mauro (M); Stefanelli, Mario (M);

Affiliation: CBIM Consorzio di Biogegneria e Informatica, Medica-Pavia, Italy. silvia.panzarasa(-atsign-)unipv.it

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Journal: AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings / AMIA Symposium. AMIA Symposium (AMIA Annu Symp Proc), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2006-; vol (issue ) : pp 619-23

Dates: Created 2007/01/22; Completed 2007/09/28; Revised 2008/11/20;

PMID: 17238415, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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MeSH headings (categories)

This article was linked to the MESH Headings shown below.

Decision Support Systems, Clinical
Humans
Medical Records Systems, Computerized
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Software

Software
Stroke - prevention & control; therapy
Systems Integration
Therapy, Computer-Assisted
User-Computer Interface

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