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 …

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 …

CONTEXT: Model Driven Development (MDD) encourages the use of models for develo**
complex software systems. Following a MDD approach, modelling languages are used to …

Abstract Model Driven Engineering promotes the use of models as the main artifacts in
software and system development. Verification and validation of models are key activities to …

OBJECTIVES: The goal of this research is to provide a framework to enable authoring and
verification of clinical guidelines. The framework is part of a larger research project aimed at …

Implementation of clinical practice guidelines (CPG) is a complex and challenging task.
Computer technology, including artificial intelligence (AI), has been explored to promote the …

CONTEXT: UML and XML are two of the most commonly used languages in software
engineering processes. One of the most critical of these processes is that of model evolution …

Abstract Background Clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) include recommendations
describing appropriate care for the management of patients with a specific clinical condition …

Clinical guidelines contain recommendations on the appropriate management of patients
with specific clinical conditions. A prerequisite for using clinical guidelines in information …

Abstract The Business Process Modelling and Notation (BPMN) is a widely-accepted
standard for process modelling, which can be used to model the clinical processes …