title: Ontology-based computerization of acute coronary syndrome clinical guideline for decision support in the emergency department.
abstract: Managing cardiac diseases in an emergency department is a challenge, as it demands rapid decision-making in a life-threatening situation. This paper presents a knowledge model for clinical guideline mediated Clinical Decision Support System for Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS), targeting the ED care setting. We take a healthcare knowledge management approach to model clinical guideline using a clinical guideline ontology that is used to computerize the clinical guideline on the management of ACS, published by the American Heart Association, as a first step toward developing a clinical decision support system suitable for emergency departments at tertiary hospitals in Saudi Arabia.
authors.affiliation: Dalhousie University, Canada.
authors.forename: Mostafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Omaish
authors.forename: Samina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Abidi
authors.forename: Syed Sibte Raza
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Abidi
mesh_terms: D054058:Acute Coronary Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D002309:Cardiology / Q000592:standards*; D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical / Q000592:standards*; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012529:Saudi Arabia