Authors:
Shan Nan
1
;
Pieter Van Gorp
2
;
Hendrikus H. M. Korsten
3
;
Uzay Kaymak
2
;
Richard Vdovjak
4
;
Xudong Lu
5
and
Huilong Duan
5
Affiliations:
1
Eindhoven University of Technology and Zhejiang University, Netherlands
;
2
Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands
;
3
Catharina Ziekenhuis Eindhoven and Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands
;
4
Philips Research, Netherlands
;
5
Zhejiang University, China
Keyword(s):
Checklist, Meta-model, Process, Rule, BPMN, GLIF.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Business and Social Applications
;
Domain-Specific Modeling and Domain-Specific Languages
;
e-Business
;
Enterprise Information Systems
;
Languages, Tools and Architectures
;
MetaModeling
;
Methodologies, Processes and Platforms
;
Model-Driven Software Development
;
Models
;
Paradigm Trends
;
Society, e-Business and e-Government
;
Software Engineering
;
Web Information Systems and Technologies
;
Workflow Management Systems
Abstract:
Clinical safety checklists receive much research attention since they can reduce medical errors and improve
patient safety. Computerized checklist support systems are also being developed actively. Such systems
should individualize checklists based on information from the patient’s medical record while also considering
the context of the clinical workflows. Unfortunately, the form definitions, database queries and workflow
definitions related to dynamic checklists are too often hard-coded in the source code of the support systems.
This increases the cognitive effort for the clinical stakeholders in the design process, it complicates the sharing
of dynamic checklist definitions as well as the interoperability with other information systems. In this paper,
we address these issues by contributing the DCCSS meta-model which enables the model-based development
of dynamic checklist support systems. DCCSS was designed as an incremental extension of standard meta-models,
which enables the re
use of generic model editors in a novel setting. In particular, DCCSS integrates
the Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) and the Guideline Interchange Format (GLIF), which
represent best of breed languages for clinical workflow modeling and clinical rule modeling respectively. We
also demonstrate one of the use cases where DCCSS has already been applied in a clinical setting.
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