A parallel guideline development and formalization strategy to improve the quality of clinical practice guidelines

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 513-520

  Goud, Rick ^a   Hasman, Arie ^a   Strijbis, Anne Margreet ^b   Peek, Niels ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Netherlands Heart Foundation   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clinical decision support systems; Clinical practice guideline; Guideline formalization; Knowledge acquisition; Quality control

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINE; CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES; DOMAIN KNOWLEDGE; EARLY INVOLVEMENT; FORMAL VERIFICATIONS; GUIDELINE FORMALIZATION; GUIDELINE MODELS; LOGICAL ERRORS; LOGICAL STRUCTURE;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; PATIENT REHABILITATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

STRATEGIC PLANNING;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART REHABILITATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 67349188438     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2009.02.010     Document Type: Article

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