TY - GEN
T1 - DeGeL
T2 - A clinical-guidelines library and automated guideline-support tools
AU - Hatsek, Avner
AU - Young, Ohad
AU - Shalom, Erez
AU - Shahar, Yuval
PY - 2008/1/1
Y1 - 2008/1/1
N2 - Using machine-interpretable clinical guidelines to support evidence-based medicine promotes the quality of medical care. In this chapter, we present the Digital Electronic Guidelines Library (DeGeL), a comprehensive framework, including a Web-based guideline repository and a suite of tools, to support the use of automated guidelines for medical care, research, and quality assessment. Recently, we have developed a new version (DeGeL.NET) of the digital library and of its different tools. We intend to focus in our exposition on DeGeL's major tools, in particular for guideline specification in a Web-based and standalone fashion (Uruz and Gesher), tools for search and retrieval (Vaidurya and DeGeLookFor) and for runtime application (Spock); and to explain how these tools are combined within the typical lifecycle of a clinical guideline.
AB - Using machine-interpretable clinical guidelines to support evidence-based medicine promotes the quality of medical care. In this chapter, we present the Digital Electronic Guidelines Library (DeGeL), a comprehensive framework, including a Web-based guideline repository and a suite of tools, to support the use of automated guidelines for medical care, research, and quality assessment. Recently, we have developed a new version (DeGeL.NET) of the digital library and of its different tools. We intend to focus in our exposition on DeGeL's major tools, in particular for guideline specification in a Web-based and standalone fashion (Uruz and Gesher), tools for search and retrieval (Vaidurya and DeGeLookFor) and for runtime application (Spock); and to explain how these tools are combined within the typical lifecycle of a clinical guideline.
KW - Clinical guidelines
KW - Digital libraries
KW - Knowledge representation
KW - Medical decision-support systems
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=56149122711&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3233/978-1-58603-873-1-203
DO - 10.3233/978-1-58603-873-1-203
M3 - Conference contribution
C2 - 18806329
AN - SCOPUS:56149122711
SN - 9781586038731
T3 - Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
SP - 203
EP - 212
BT - Computer-based Medical Guidelines and Protocols
PB - IOS Press
ER -