Clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) aim to improve the quality of care, reduce unjustified
practice variations and reduce healthcare costs. In order for them to be effective, clinical …

PURPOSE: Clinical guidelines are useful tools to standardize and improve health care. The
automation of the guideline execution process is a basic step towards its widespread use in …

Objective There is a need to integrate the various theoretical frameworks and formalisms for
modeling clinical guidelines, workflows, and pathways, in order to move beyond providing …

Background With the widespread use of information communication technologies,
computerized clinical practice guidelines are developed and considered as effective …

Over the last century, medicine has come out of the" black bag" and emerged as one of the
most dynamic and advanced fields of development in science and technology. Today …

BACKGROUND: A large body of evidence over many years suggests that clinical decision
support systems can be helpful in improving both clinical outcomes and adherence to …

Background: Guidelines are among us for over 30 years. Initially they were used as
algorithmic protocols by nurses and other ancillary personnel. Many physicians regarded …

Background There are several challenges in encoding guideline knowledge in a form that is
portable to different clinical sites, including the heterogeneity of clinical decision support …

Background In recent years, the completion of the Human Genome Project and other rapid
advances in genomics have led to increasing anticipation of an era of genomic and …

Clinical decision support is a powerful tool for improving healthcare quality and patient
safety. However, developing a comprehensive package of decision support interventions is …