title: A physician order category-based clinical guideline comparison system.
abstract: Today, in order to provide high-quality medical services and to extend resources and reduce costs, many large hospitals have adopted clinical guidelines as a structured way to manage medical activities. However, customization of clinical guidelines in order to treat a large number of patients is a major challenge. In this paper, we present a physician order category-based clinical guideline comparison system. The system uses a preprocessor software to convert the clinical guidelines from a Microsoft Word document into XML format, and it can also compare clinical guidelines over the conceptual view such as the physician order category. The system has already been used to compare the HCC surgical clinical guidelines of Taiwan and Mongolia-resulting in some differences being found, for which possible causes were discussed. Therefore, it can be seen that our research provides a practical and convenient way in which to compare clinical guidelines based on physician order category-thereby saving time and enabling physicians to quickly resolve discrepancies and make necessary adjustments to clinical guidelines.
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Hwan-Jeu
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Chia-Ping
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Sarangerel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dorjgochoo
authors.forename: Chi-Huang
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Jin-Ming
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Mei-Shu
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Lai
authors.forename: Ching-Ting
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: Chinburen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jigjidsuren
authors.forename: Erdenebaatar
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Altangerel
authors.forename: Hung-Chang
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Chih-Wen
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Hsueh
authors.forename: Yufang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: Feipei
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lai
mesh_terms: D002985:Clinical Protocols; D003199:Computer Systems; D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical; D006801:Humans; D050316:Medical Order Entry Systems; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011381:Programming Languages; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D012985:Software Design