PROforma: A method and language for specifying clinical guidelines and protocols

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 34, Issue , 1996, Pages 516-520

  Fox, John ^a   Johns, Nicky ^a   Rahmanzadeh, Ali ^a   Thomson, Richard ^a  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision support systems; Knowledge based systems; Knowledge representation; Protocol based care; Safety

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION;

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL GUIDELINE; FORMAL KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATIONS; GRAPHICAL NOTATION; MEDICAL PROCEDURES; PROFORMA; PROTOCOL-BASED CARE;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 0343342322     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-60750-878-6-516     Document Type: Conference Paper

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