title: A platform to develop and to improve effectiveness of online computable guidelines.
abstract: The quality criteria of guidelines are identified. Taking these criteria into account we have built a platform to improve computable guideline effectiveness and facilitate their production. Our implementation is based on the GLIF Model (GuideLine Interchange Format). We have designed software components to edit, test, index, perform and present guidelines in a user-friendly Web architecture. These components are based on XML specifications in order to preserve their shareability and their re-usability. Several guidelines have been developed using our approach. We discuss the advantages of such an implementation and future evolutions so as to improve guideline integration within the clinician's workflow.
authors.affiliation: LERTIM, Faculté de Médecine, Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France. jean-charles.dufour@medecine.univ-mrs.fr
authors.forename: Jean-Charles
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Dufour
authors.forename: Marius
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fieschi
authors.forename: Dominique
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fieschi
authors.forename: Roch
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Giorgi
authors.forename: Joanny
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gouvernet
mesh_terms: D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical / Q000592:standards*; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet / Q000592:standards*; D009862:Online Systems / Q000592:standards*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D018511:Systems Integration