Objective: The objective of this review is to summarize the state of the art of clinical decision
support (CDS) circa 1990, review progress in the 25 year interval from that time, and provide …

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 …

The design and analysis of process models is a critical factor for organizational improvement
across various industries. Thanks to its potential to enable common understanding and …

Computer-based clinical decision support (CDS) has been pursued for more than five
decades. Despite notable accomplishments and successes, wide adoption and broad use of …

Chronically ill patients are complex health care cases that require the coordinated
interaction of multiple professionals. A correct intervention of these sort of patients entails the …

Abstract A Clinical Decision Support System (CDSS) is a technology platform that uses
medical knowledge with clinical data to provide customised advice for an individual patient's …

Arden Syntax is a widely recognized standard for representing clinical and scientific
knowledge in an executable format. It has a history that reaches back until 1989 and is …

Abstract The SAGE (Standards-Based Active Guideline Environment) project was formed to
create a methodology and infrastructure required to demonstrate integration of decision …

Standards-based, computable knowledge representations for eligibility criteria are
increasingly needed to provide computer-based decision support for automated research …

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 …