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META-GLARE: a shell for CIG systems
Alessio Bottrighi1, Stefania Rubrichi1, Paolo Terenziani1
1Computer Science Institute, DISIT, Univ. Piemonte Orientale, Alessandria, Italy.
Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
|May 21, 2015
Summary
META-GLARE offers a new shell for creating computer-interpretable clinical guidelines (CIGs). This system allows designers to easily define new CIG systems with minimal programming, facilitating research and rapid prototyping.
Area of Science:
- Medical Informatics
- Computer Science
Background:
- Numerous approaches for Computer-Interpretable clinical Guidelines (CIGs) have emerged over the past two decades.
- Existing CIG systems often rely on specific representation formalisms and execution engines, primarily based on the Task-Network Model.
Purpose of the Study:
- To introduce META-GLARE, a novel shell designed to simplify the creation of new CIG systems.
- To enable CIG system designers to define their own representation languages with reduced programming effort.
Main Methods:
- Development of META-GLARE, a flexible shell for CIG system design.
- Utilizing META-GLARE to facilitate the definition of custom representation languages for CIGs.
Main Results:
- META-GLARE allows for the easy definition of new CIG systems.
- Minimal programming effort is required for designers to define their own CIG systems using META-GLARE.
Conclusions:
- META-GLARE provides a flexible and powerful platform for research in CIGs.
- The shell supports efficient and rapid prototyping of novel CIG systems.
