LERM (Logical Elements Rule Method): A method for assessing and formalizing clinical rules for decision support

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 286-295

  Medlock, Stephanie ^a   Opondo, Dedan ^a   Eslami, Saeid ^a   Askari, Marjan ^a   Wierenga, Peter ^a   de Rooij, Sophia E ^a   Abu Hanna, Ameen ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Algorithms; Computers; Computing methodologies; Decision support systems, clinical; Decision support techniques; Expert systems; Health care; Health care quality, access, and evaluation; Knowledge bases; Medical audit; Medical informatics; Quality assurance; Quality indicators; Software design

Indexed keywords

COMPUTING METHODOLOGIES; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS , CLINICAL; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; KNOWLEDGE BASES; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; QUALITY INDICATORS;

ALGORITHMS; DATA MINING; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY; EXPERT SYSTEMS; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; MEDICAL COMPUTING; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RATING; RELIABILITY; SOFTWARE DESIGN; TERMINOLOGY;

QUALITY CONTROL;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMATION SCIENCE; LOGICAL ELEMENTS RULE METHOD; MEASUREMENT ERROR; NOMENCLATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ALGORITHMS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; NETHERLANDS; SOFTWARE; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 79952536223     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2011.01.014     Document Type: Article

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