Encoding and verification of a computerinterpretable guideline: A case study of pressure-ulcer management

Health Information Management Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 39-48

  Kim, Hyun Young ^a   Park, Hyeoun Ae ^b   Cho, InSook ^c   Kim, JeongAh ^d   Lee, JaeHoon ^e  

^a Eulji University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Inha University   (South Korea)

^d Catholic Kwandong University   (South Korea)

^e UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical decision support systems; Clinical practice guidelines; Decision support techniques; Knowledge representation (computer); Patient care management; Practice guidelines as topic; Pressure ulcer; Software verification

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER LANGUAGE; DECUBITUS; HOME CARE; HUMAN; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PRESSURE ULCER; PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES;

EID: 84975225191     PISSN: 18333583     EISSN: 18333575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12826/18333575.2013.0016     Document Type: Article

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