Encoding a depression screening guideline using GLIF.
Computer-interpretable guidelines (CIGs) have been reported to increase clinicians' usage of guidelines and to improve patient outcomes. The Guideline Interchange Format (GLIF) represents a guideline as a flowchart of clinical decision and action steps. We encoded a depression screening guideline using GLIF to transform it into a CIG. After identifying all guideline steps from the text format guideline, a flowchart was drawn using the encoded steps in GLIF. The flowchart was validated by an experienced psychiatric nurse clinician.
Choi
Jeeyae
J
School of Nursing, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA. jc2293@columbia.edu
Sapp
Josephine
J
Bakken
Suzanne
S
D003658:Decision Making, Computer-Assisted; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000592:standards*; D009518:New York