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: The agent-oriented paradigm has emerged as a viable approach for the
development of autonomic systems in the healthcare domain. This paper reviews …

Wireless medical cyber-physical systems are widely adopted in the daily practices of
medicine, where huge amounts of data are sampled by the wireless medical devices and …

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 …

Background Clinical practice guidelines are systematically developed statements intended
to optimize patient care. However, a gapless implementation of guideline recommendations …

Background Clinical practice guidelines have been developed aiming to improve the quality
of care. The implementation of the computerized clinical guidelines (CCG) has been …

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 The use of information and communication technologies to manage chronic
diseases allows the application of integrated care pathways, and the optimization and …

Background There is currently limited evidence regarding the extent Real World Evidence
(RWE) has directly impacted the health and social care systems. The aim of this review is to …