CONFlexFlow: Integrating Flexible clinical pathways into clinical decision support systems using context and rules

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 499-515

  Yao, Wen ^a   Kumar, Akhil ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ad hoc subprocess; CDSS; Clinical pathway; Context; Ontologies; Rules

Indexed keywords

AD HOC SUBPROCESS; CDSS; CLINICAL PATHWAYS; CONTEXT; RULES;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; ONTOLOGY;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 84878254061     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dss.2012.10.008     Document Type: Article

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