title: Development of coded action concepts to support workload and cost prediction applications.
abstract: We propose to use a compositional terminology model to encode care-directive concepts or "actions" from patient care standards. Action concepts are made up of one or more work items that can be part of a work list or care plan. The nature of an action is specified by the elements of the terminology model. Actions can have implied financial value. The projected total actions that a patient requires will form the basis for workload and cost prediction.
authors.affiliation: Medical Informatics, Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
authors.forename: Jeff
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Washburn
authors.forename: Roberto A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Rocha
authors.forename: Sharon M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Bigelow
mesh_terms: D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D003658:Decision Making, Computer-Assisted; D005544:Forecasting; D005568:Forms and Records Control; D006801:Humans; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D014589:Utah; D016526:Workload