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Improving the human readability of Arden Syntax medical logic modules using a concept-oriented terminology and object-oriented programming expressions.
- Source :
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Computers, informatics, nursing : CIN [Comput Inform Nurs] 2006 Jul-Aug; Vol. 24 (4), pp. 220-5. - Publication Year :
- 2006
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Abstract
- Medical logic modules are a procedural representation for sharing task-specific knowledge for decision support systems. Based on the premise that clinicians may perceive object-oriented expressions as easier to read than procedural rules in Arden Syntax-based medical logic modules, we developed a method for improving the readability of medical logic modules. Two approaches were applied: exploiting the concept-oriented features of the Medical Entities Dictionary and building an executable Java program to replace Arden Syntax procedural expressions. The usability evaluation showed that 66% of participants successfully mapped all Arden Syntax rules to Java methods. These findings suggest that these approaches can play an essential role in the creation of human readable medical logic modules and can potentially increase the number of clinical experts who are able to participate in the creation of medical logic modules. Although our approaches are broadly applicable, we specifically discuss the relevance to concept-oriented nursing terminologies and automated processing of task-specific nursing knowledge.
- Subjects :
- Dictionaries, Medical as Topic
Expert Systems
Hospital Information Systems organization & administration
Humans
Knowledge Bases
Medical Staff, Hospital psychology
Natural Language Processing
New York
Nursing Evaluation Research
Nursing Informatics
Nursing Methodology Research
Nursing Staff, Hospital psychology
Program Evaluation
Programming Languages
Reminder Systems
Attitude of Health Personnel
Attitude to Computers
Comprehension
Decision Support Systems, Clinical organization & administration
Vocabulary, Controlled
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1538-2931
- Volume :
- 24
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Computers, informatics, nursing : CIN
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 16849918
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00024665-200607000-00009