title: A description logics approach to CGPS.
abstract: We develop a formal framework by which clinical guidelines and protocols (CGPs) can be partially represented as a set of terminological concept definitions using standard description logics. There are two benefits in pursuing such an approach. First, it provides a foundation for logic-based CGP fusion and collision detection. Second, it allows for the checking of clinical treatment episodes from the EPR against CGPs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Informatics, Freiburg University Hospital, Stefan-Meier-Str. 26, 79104 Freiburg, Germany. stschulz@uni-freiburg.de
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schulz
authors.forename: Udo
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Hahn
mesh_terms: D001185:Artificial Intelligence; D002965:Classification; D002985:Clinical Protocols; D006801:Humans; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic