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An ontological treatment of clinical prediction rules implementing the Alvarado score
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Corrigan, Derek, Taweel, Adel, Fahey, Tom, Arvanitis, Theodoros N. and Delaney, B. (2013) An ontological treatment of clinical prediction rules implementing the Alvarado score. In: EFMI Special Topic Conference 2013, Prague, Czech Republic, 17-19 Apr 2013. Published in: Data and Knowledge for Medical Decision Support, Volume 186 pp. 103-107. doi:10.3233/978-1-61499-240-0-103 ISSN 0926-9630.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-240-0-103
Abstract
A lack of acceptance has hindered the widespread adoption and implementation of clinical prediction rules (CPRs). The use of clinical decision support systems (CDSSs) has been advocated as one way of facilitating a broader dissemination and validation of CPRs. This requires computable models of clinical evidence based on open standards rather than closed proprietary content. The on-going TRANSFoRm project has developed ontological models of CPRs suitable for providing CPR based decision support. This paper presents a description of the design and implementation of the ontology model for CPRs that has been proposed. The conceptual validity of the ontology is discussed using the example of a specific CPR in the form of the Alvarado Score for acute appendicitis. We demonstrate how the model is used to query the structure of this particular rule, providing a computable representation suitable for CPRs in general.
Item Type: | Conference Item (Paper) | ||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Engineering > WMG (Formerly the Warwick Manufacturing Group) | ||||
Series Name: | Studies in Health Technology and Informatics | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Data and Knowledge for Medical Decision Support | ||||
Publisher: | I O S Press | ||||
ISSN: | 0926-9630 | ||||
Official Date: | 2013 | ||||
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Volume: | Volume 186 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 103-107 | ||||
DOI: | 10.3233/978-1-61499-240-0-103 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||
Conference Paper Type: | Paper | ||||
Title of Event: | EFMI Special Topic Conference 2013 | ||||
Type of Event: | Conference | ||||
Location of Event: | Prague, Czech Republic | ||||
Date(s) of Event: | 17-19 Apr 2013 | ||||
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