Enabling reasoning on the web: Performing simulations of clinical situations

Arguello-Casteleiro, M; Des Diz, J; Fernandez-Prieto, MJ; Perez, R; Paniagua, H; Thompson, AP

Abstract

The transformation of a document-based medical guideline into a computer-based decision support is a time-consuming
and error-prone activity. One way to alleviate this burden is by facilitating, as much as possible, the (semi)automatic
implementation and further validation of the knowledge intensive tasks embedded within medical guidelines. This paper presents a
bilingual (English and Spanish) “proof of concept” simulation framework and computational test-bed, called V.A.F. Framework,
that takes advantages of both CommonKADS methodology and Semantic Web technologies (OWL, SWRL, and OWL-S) to enable
experiments (simulations of clinical situations) that allow overcoming the main barriers to successfully express medical guidelines
in an executable form compatible with Electronic Medical Records (EMRs).To demonstrate how higher integration between EMRs
and evidence-based medicine can be accomplished, this paper focuses on the “Acute Red Eye”, a clinical ophthalmologic domain
known by General Practitioners (GPs) that usually requires the intervention of ophthalmologists (specialised physicians), so
medical referral guidelines as well as ophthalmology medical guidelines need to be codified and integrated with EMRs.

Citation

Arguello-Casteleiro, M., Des Diz, J., Fernandez-Prieto, M., Perez, R., Paniagua, H., & Thompson, A. (2009). Enabling reasoning on the web: Performing simulations of clinical situations. International journal of simulation: systems, science & technology (Print), 10(2), 62-82

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2009
• Deposit Date: Dec 13, 2011
• Journal: International Journal of Simulation Systems, Science & Technology
• Print ISSN: 1473-8031
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 10
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 62-82
• Publisher URL: http://ijssst.info/Vol-10/No-2/paper5.pdf