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SMART: a system supporting medical activities in real-time
D M Pisanelli1, F Consorti, P Merialdo
1Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche-ITBM, Roma.
Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
|December 8, 1996
Summary
The SMART system provides real-time physician assistance for clinical protocols. It retrieves and monitors protocol execution for individual patients, supporting multiple protocols concurrently in healthcare settings.
Area of Science:
- Clinical Informatics
- Medical Software Development
Background:
- Physicians require real-time support for executing complex diagnostic and therapeutic protocols.
- Current clinical workflows can be challenging to manage with multiple patient protocols simultaneously.
Purpose of the Study:
- To describe the System for Medical Assistance and Real-Time execution (SMART).
- To present SMART's capability in retrieving and monitoring clinical protocols for patient care.
Main Methods:
- Development of the SMART system with a knowledge base for protocol retrieval.
- Implementation of step-by-step execution monitoring for individual patient protocols.
- Design of a general-purpose protocol model adaptable to various clinical contexts.
Main Results:
- The SMART prototype successfully supports surgical risk evaluation protocols.
- The system was implemented based on specifications from a surgical clinic, reflecting real-world activities.
- SMART allows concurrent management of different protocols for multiple patients within a healthcare setting.
Conclusions:
- The SMART system offers real-time assistance to physicians during protocol execution.
- Its general-purpose protocol model facilitates easy application to other clinical contexts and protocol informatization.
- SMART enhances efficiency and accuracy in managing patient care protocols.