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The InterMed approach to sharable computer-interpretable guidelines: a review.

Mor Peleg1, Aziz A Boxwala, Samson Tu

  • 1Stanford Medical Informatics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-5479, USA. peleg@smi.stanford.edu

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA
|October 7, 2003
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The InterMed collaboration developed the GuideLine Interchange Format (GLIF) for computer-interpretable guidelines (CIGs). This open process offers lessons for creating sharable medical knowledge tools.

Area of Science:

  • Medical Informatics
  • Computer Science
  • Health Services Research

Background:

  • Developing standardized, computer-interpretable guidelines (CIGs) is crucial for advancing medical knowledge-based tools.
  • Multi-institutional collaborations face challenges in integrating diverse viewpoints and methodologies.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To describe the development of the GuideLine Interchange Format (GLIF) as a standard language for CIGs.
  • To share lessons learned from the InterMed project for future medical knowledge representation efforts.

Main Methods:

  • Collaborative, open development process involving multiple research institutions (Stanford, Harvard, Columbia).
  • Utilized cognitive methodology for evaluating and guiding the evolutionary development of the GLIF format.

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  • Focused on creating a sharable language for medical knowledge representation.

    • Main Results:

    • Successful development of the GuideLine Interchange Format (GLIF) as a standard for CIGs.
    • Established an evolutionary lifecycle process for medical knowledge representation formats.
    • Defined design principles and an architecture for sharable medical knowledge formats.

    Conclusions:

    • The InterMed project successfully created GLIF, a standard for CIGs, through an open, collaborative process.
    • Lessons learned regarding multi-institutional work, evolutionary development, and cognitive methodology can inform future medical knowledge tool development.
    • Standardization of CIG modeling languages is achievable through community-driven efforts.