An object-oriented framework for the development of computer-based guideline implementations

Methods of Information in Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 148-153

  Corb, G J ^a   Liaw, Y ^a   Brandt, C A ^a   Shiffman, Richard N ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical Practice Guidelines; Object Oriented Framework; Software Engineering

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032885598     PISSN: 00261270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1634190     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. Coiera EW. Artificial intelligence in medicine: the challenges ahead. J Am Med Inform Assoc 1996; 3: 363-6
2. Elson RB, Connelly DP, Computerized decision support systems in primary care. Primary Care 1995; 22: 365-84.
3. Shiffman RN, Liaw Y, Brandt CA, Corb GC. A design model for computer-based guideline implementation based on information management services. J Am Med Inform Assoc 1999; 6: 99-103.
4. Fayad ME, Schmidt DC. Object-oriented application frameworks. Communications of the ACM 1997; 40: 32-8.
5. Pree W. Design patterns for object-oriented software development. Wokingham, England: Addison-Wesley, 1995.
6. Brugali D, Menga G, Aarsten A. The framework lifespan. Communications of the ACM 1997; 40: 65-8.
7. Shiffman RN, Liaw Y, Brandt CA, Corb GJ. Computer-based guideline implementation systems: a systematic review of functionality and effectiveness. J Am Med Inform Assoc 1999; 6: 104-14.
8. Shiffman RN. Representation of clinical practice guidelines in conventional and augmented decision tables. J Am Med Inform Assoc 1997; 4(5): 382-93.
9. Hripcsak G, Clayton PD, Pryor TA, et al., The Arden syntax for medical logic modules. In: Miller RA, ed. Proceedings of the 14th Annual Symposium on Computer Applications in Medical Care. Washington, DC: IEEE Press, 1990: 200-4.
10. Ohno-Machado L, Gennari JH, Murphy SN, et al. The guideline interchange format: a model for representing guidelines. J Am Med Inform Assoc 1998; 5: 357-72.
11. Liaw Y, Shiffman RN. Challenges in handheld guideline implementation. Spring Congress of the American Medical Informatics Association. Philadelphia, Pa.: 1998.
12. AAP Provisional Committee on Quality Improvement. Practice parameter: the office management of acute exacerbations of asthma in children. Pediatrics 1994; 93: 119-26.
13. Shiffman RN, Freudigman KA, Liaw Y, Navedo D, A computer-based guideline implementation for asthma [Abstract #7]. Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting. San Francisco, Calif. 1999.
14. National Institutes of Health. Expert panel report 2: guidelines for the diagnosis and management of asthma. National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Publ No. 97-4051.
15. Shiffman RN, Greenes RA. Improving clinical guidelines with logic and decision table techniques: application to hepatitis immunization recommendations. Med Decis Making 1994; 14(3): 245-54.
16. Shiffman RN, Liaw Y, Navedo DD, Freudigman KA. User satisfaction and frustration with a handheld, pen-based guideline implementation system for asthma (to be publ.).