Linking Clinical Guidelines with Formal Representations

Abstract. Clinical protocols and guidelines have been used in the medical domain for some time now, primarily to reduce proneness to errors during the treatment of specific diseases. Recently, physicians have special software at their disposal, which supports them at decision-making based on computerized protocols and guidelines. Using such tools, physicians sometimes want to know the reason why the computer recommends a particular treatment method. To comprehend the suggestions, a connection between the original guideline and its computerized representation is needed. This paper introduces a tool that was designed to provide a solution for that. It was developed as part of the Asgaard project, which aims at developing methods and tools for authoring, validation, and execution of clinical guidelines. The so-called Guideline Markup Tool (GMT) facilitates the translation of guidelines into the guideline representation language Asbru, which is part of the Asgaard project. This tool enable...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2003
• Where: AIME
• Authors: Peter Votruba, Silvia Miksch, Robert Kosara
• Keywords: AIME 2003, Artificial Intelligence, Asbru Macros, Guideline, Original Guideline