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XForms and XML events to support decisions about medication management
Jean-Pierre Calabretto1, Debdeep Banerjee, Jim Warren
1University of South Australia.
AMIA ... Annual Symposium Proceedings. AMIA Symposium
|June 17, 2006
Summary
Extensible Markup Language (XML) technologies like XForms and XML events show promise for improving healthcare information presentation and accessibility, particularly in medication management decision support systems. While XForms aids rapid interface prototyping, XML events have limitations, especially with date functionality.
Area of Science:
- Health Informatics
- Computer Science
Background:
- Healthcare information representation faces challenges with common formats and accessibility.
- Existing systems struggle to effectively present and manage complex health data.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the utility of Extensible Markup Language (XML) technologies, specifically XForms and XML events, for enhancing healthcare information presentation.
- To evaluate the application of these technologies in decision support for medication management.
Main Methods:
- Utilized XForms for rapid prototyping of information models and user interfaces.
- Employed XML events to model simple alert functionalities within the healthcare context.
Main Results:
- XForms demonstrated effectiveness in accelerating the development of information models and interfaces.
- XML events proved useful for creating basic alerts, though certain components like date handling presented limitations.
Conclusions:
- XML-based technologies, including XForms and XML events, offer a promising infrastructure for addressing challenges in healthcare information representation and presentation.
- Further development is needed to overcome limitations in components like date functionality for broader application in medication management decision support.