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Object-oriented design and programming in medical decision support.

H Heathfield1, J Armstrong, N Kirkham

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Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine
|December 1, 1991
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Object-oriented programming offers significant advantages for developing clinical decision support systems, particularly in enhancing code reuse. This approach supports exploratory system design and rapid prototyping more effectively than traditional methods.

Area of Science:

  • Software Engineering
  • Medical Informatics
  • Computer Science

Background:

  • Clinical decision support systems (CDSS) require flexible design for computational modeling.
  • Traditional procedural techniques hinder model building and rapid prototyping in CDSS development.
  • Object-oriented (OO) design is gaining traction in software engineering.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To highlight the benefits of OO approach for CDSS design and development.
  • To introduce core OO concepts: encapsulation, inheritance, and polymorphism.
  • To examine the dual roles of inheritance in OO programming within a medical context.

Main Methods:

  • Introduction to OO concepts (encapsulation, inheritance, polymorphism).
  • Case study application in breast histopathology domain.

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  • Analysis of inheritance as a conceptual modeling tool versus a code reuse mechanism.

    • Main Results:

    • OO design facilitates computational model building for exploratory systems.
    • Inheritance as a code reuse mechanism offers substantial technical benefits.
    • Inheritance as a conceptual modeling tool can be challenging to integrate into the design process.

    Conclusions:

    • The object-oriented paradigm is well-suited for developing clinical decision support systems.
    • Code reuse through inheritance provides significant advantages in CDSS development.
    • Careful consideration is needed when utilizing inheritance for conceptual modeling in CDSS.