title: Applying axiomatic design methodology for guideline revision.
abstract: We are investigating the use of axiomatic design (AD) as a principled approach to the revision of guidelines. AD models guidelines in a modular and hierarchical manner and captures interactions be-tween modules. To test this approach we applied AD to encode segments of three guidelines and their revised versions. Guideline encodings for the original versions were modified to incorporate changes made in the revised documents. The results indicate that AD is a promising approach for guideline modeling.
authors.affiliation: Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Alicia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Scott-Wright
authors.forename: Aziz A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Boxwala
authors.forename: Yaron
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Denekamp
authors.forename: Robert A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Greenes
authors.forename: Derrick
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tate
mesh_terms: D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic