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Representation of clinical practice guidelines through an interactive World-Wide-Web interface

E B Liem1, J S Obeid, E P Shareck

  • 1Decision Systems Group, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Proceedings. Symposium on Computer Applications in Medical Care
|January 1, 1995
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We developed a method to convert clinical practice guidelines into interactive, graphical formats for easier access and application. This approach uses decision tables and flowcharts, improving guideline usability on the World-Wide Web.

Area of Science:

  • Health Informatics
  • Medical Decision Making
  • Human-Computer Interaction

Background:

  • Clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) are crucial for healthcare but often difficult to access and apply.
  • The World-Wide Web offers accessibility and hyperlinking capabilities suitable for guideline dissemination.
  • Current methods for guideline implementation may not fully leverage interactive digital formats.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a novel process for implementing algorithmic clinical practice guidelines into an interactive graphical format.
  • To enhance the accessibility, usability, and application of CPGs through web-based visualization.
  • To explore the potential of decision table techniques for converting algorithmic guidelines into visual representations.

Main Methods:

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  • Algorithmic clinical practice guidelines were analyzed using decision table techniques.
  • A conversion process was developed to transform decision table representations into graphical formats.
  • Interactive browsing of guideline algorithms was enabled through flowchart visualization on the World-Wide Web.

    • Main Results:

    • A method was successfully developed to represent algorithmic guidelines graphically.
    • Users can interactively browse specific guideline algorithms and visualize traversed paths via flowcharts.
    • Initial experiences with sample clinical practice guidelines demonstrated encouraging results.

    Conclusions:

    • The developed graphical implementation method enhances the usability of clinical practice guidelines.
    • Interactive, web-based visualization of guidelines can improve their accessibility and application in clinical settings.
    • This approach holds promise for broader application to various clinical practice guidelines.