TY - GEN
T1 - The digital electronic guideline library (DeGeL)
T2 - Symposium on Computerized Guidelines and Protocols, CGP 2004
AU - Shahar, Yuval
AU - Young, Ohad
AU - Shalom, Erez
AU - Mayaffit, Alon
AU - Moskovitch, Robert
AU - Hessing, Alon
AU - Galperin, Maya
PY - 2004/1/1
Y1 - 2004/1/1
N2 - We propose to present a poster (and potentially also a demonstration of the implemented system) summarizing the current state of our work on a hybrid, multiple-format representation of clinical guidelines that facilitates conversion of guidelines from free text to a formal representation. We describe a distributed Web-based architecture (DeGeL) and a set of tools using the hybrid representation. The tools enable performing tasks such as guideline specification, semantic markup, search, retrieval, visualization, eligibility determination, run-time application and retrospective quality assessment. The representation includes four parallel formats: Free text (one or more original sources); semi-structured text (labeled by the target guideline-ontology semantic labels); semi-formal text (which includes some control specification); and a formal, machine-executable representation. The specification, indexing, search, retrieval, and browsing tools are essentially independent of the ontology chosen for guideline representation, but editing the semi-formal and formal formats requires ontology-specific tools, which we have developed in the case of the Asbru guideline-specification language. The four formats support increasingly sophisticated computational tasks. The hybrid guidelines are stored in a Web-based library. All tools, such as for runtime guideline application or retrospective quality assessment, are designed to operate on all representations. We demonstrate the hybrid framework by providing examples from the semantic markup and search tools.
AB - We propose to present a poster (and potentially also a demonstration of the implemented system) summarizing the current state of our work on a hybrid, multiple-format representation of clinical guidelines that facilitates conversion of guidelines from free text to a formal representation. We describe a distributed Web-based architecture (DeGeL) and a set of tools using the hybrid representation. The tools enable performing tasks such as guideline specification, semantic markup, search, retrieval, visualization, eligibility determination, run-time application and retrospective quality assessment. The representation includes four parallel formats: Free text (one or more original sources); semi-structured text (labeled by the target guideline-ontology semantic labels); semi-formal text (which includes some control specification); and a formal, machine-executable representation. The specification, indexing, search, retrieval, and browsing tools are essentially independent of the ontology chosen for guideline representation, but editing the semi-formal and formal formats requires ontology-specific tools, which we have developed in the case of the Asbru guideline-specification language. The four formats support increasingly sophisticated computational tasks. The hybrid guidelines are stored in a Web-based library. All tools, such as for runtime guideline application or retrospective quality assessment, are designed to operate on all representations. We demonstrate the hybrid framework by providing examples from the semantic markup and search tools.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=16544382918&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3233/978-1-60750-944-8-147
DO - 10.3233/978-1-60750-944-8-147
M3 - Conference contribution
C2 - 2004199360
AN - SCOPUS:16544382918
SN - 158603412X
SN - 9781586034122
T3 - Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
SP - 147
EP - 151
BT - Computer-Based Support for Clinical Guidelines and Protocols - Proceedings of the Symposium on Computerized Guidelines and Protocols, CGP 2004
PB - IOS Press
Y2 - 12 April 2004 through 14 April 2004
ER -