Representing clinical guidelines in UMl: a comparative study.
Clinical guidelines can be represented using models, such as GLIF, specifically designed for healthcare guidelines. This paper demonstrates that they can also be modelled using a mainstream business modelling language such as UML. The paper presents a guideline in GLIF and as UML activity diagrams, and then presents a mapping of GLIF primitives to UML. The potential benefits of using a mainstream modelling language are outlined. These include availability of advanced modelling tools, transfer between modelling tools, and automation via business workflow technology.
Hederman
Lucy
L
Department of Computer Science, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
Smutek
Daniel
D
Wade
Vincent
V
Knape
Thomas
T
D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D017432:Unified Medical Language System