Modeling stroke rehabilitation processes using the Unified Modeling Language (UML)

Computers in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1390-1401

  Ferrante, Simona ^a   Bonacina, Stefano ^a   Pinciroli, Francesco ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Delivery of healthcare; Rehabilitation; Stroke; Unified Modeling Language

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PATHWAYS; MODELING FLEXIBILITY; POST-STROKE REHABILITATION; PROCESS EVOLUTION; REHABILITATION PROCEDURES; STROKE; STROKE REHABILITATION; SYSTEM SOFTWARES;

BIOLOGY; COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; PATIENT REHABILITATION;

UNIFIED MODELING LANGUAGE;

ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PATHWAY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; KNEE INJURY AND OSTEOARTHRITIS OUTCOME SCORE; LANGUAGE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MOTOR CONTROL; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION; REHABILITATION MEDICINE; UNIFIED MODELING LANGUAGE;

DELIVERY OF HEALTHCARE; REHABILITATION; STROKE; UNIFIED MODELING LANGUAGE;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS APPLICATIONS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REHABILITATION; STROKE; UNIFIED MEDICAL LANGUAGE SYSTEM;

EID: 84883640336     PISSN: 00104825     EISSN: 18790534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2013.07.012     Document Type: Article

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