Improving the human readability of Arden Syntax medical logic modules using a concept-oriented terminology and object-oriented programming expressions.

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 me...

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Publicado en:CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing Vol. 24; no. 4; pp. 220 - 226
Autores principales: Choi J, Bakken S, Lussier YA, Mendonça EA
Formato: computer program tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Jul/Aug2006
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          Choi J
          Bakken S
          Lussier YA
          Mendonça EA
        affil: School of Nursing, Columbia University, 617 West 168th Street, GB 335, New York, NY 10032; jc2293@columbia.edu
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          Clinical Information Systems
          Concept Mapping
          Decision Making, Computer Assisted
          Decision Support Systems, Clinical
          Knowledge Management
          Nursing Knowledge
          Programming Languages
          Readability
          Software Design
          Task Performance and Analysis
          Hospitals New York
          New York
          Program Development
          Program Evaluation
      ab: 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.
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