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National patient flow framework: an ontological patient-oriented redesign
Fragoulis Papagiannis1, Abdul Roudsari, Konstantinos Danas
1American College of Thessaloniki, Greece.
This study proposes a new Patient-Oriented Management and Reporting (POMR) framework to address semantic gaps in global healthcare systems. The framework enhances value-added patient flow through an ontological redesign and integrated information system.
Area of Science:
- Health Informatics
- Ontology Engineering
- Healthcare Management
Background:
- Existing national healthcare frameworks exhibit semantic gaps.
- There is a critical need for improved patient-oriented healthcare management.
- Current systems lack a unified approach to measuring patient-centric value.
Purpose of the Study:
- To introduce an ontological redesign for patient-oriented healthcare frameworks.
- To develop and measure value-added, patient-oriented flow.
- To propose a novel Patient-Oriented Management and Reporting (POMR) framework.
Main Methods:
- Ontological redesign of healthcare management structures.
- Integration of leading patient-oriented measures.
- Development of a supporting information system (POMRS) using CLIPS technology.
Main Results:
- A novel Patient-Oriented Management and Reporting (POMR) framework was developed.
- The POMR framework incorporates an ontological model redesign (POMR model).
- The supporting information system (POMRS) facilitates the implementation of patient-oriented measures.
Conclusions:
- The proposed POMR framework offers a solution to semantic gaps in healthcare.
- Ontological redesign enhances the measurement of patient-oriented value.
- The POMR framework and its supporting system provide a valuable implementation for patient-centric healthcare.
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