DSML4PTM - A Domain-Specific Modelling Language for Patient Transferal Management

Emanuele Laurenzi, Knut Hinkelmann, Ulrich Reimer, Alta van der Merwe, Pascal Sibold, Rainer Endl

2017

Abstract

This paper presents a domain-specific modelling language for patient transferal management (DSML4PTM). To foster reusability within the modelling community, existing modelling languages were taken into account as far as possible and then extended as was needed by the application domain. The language was developed through iteration following the design science research methodology. For requirements elicitation purposes domain expertise and healthcare standards were taken into account. The new modelling language was evaluated first with respect to the elicited requirements and then through the creation of two models reflecting a reference process and an application scenario. Next, an evaluation on the perceived usefulness and cognitive effort of the language was performed using a focus group with modelling and domain experts.

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Laurenzi E., Hinkelmann K., Reimer U., van der Merwe A., Sibold P. and Endl R. (2017). DSML4PTM - A Domain-Specific Modelling Language for Patient Transferal Management . In Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 3: AEM, ISBN 978-989-758-249-3, pages 520-531. DOI: 10.5220/0006388505200531


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@conference{aem17,
author={Emanuele Laurenzi and Knut Hinkelmann and Ulrich Reimer and Alta van der Merwe and Pascal Sibold and Rainer Endl},
title={DSML4PTM - A Domain-Specific Modelling Language for Patient Transferal Management},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 3: AEM,},
year={2017},
pages={520-531},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0006388505200531},
isbn={978-989-758-249-3},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 3: AEM,
TI - DSML4PTM - A Domain-Specific Modelling Language for Patient Transferal Management
SN - 978-989-758-249-3
AU - Laurenzi E.
AU - Hinkelmann K.
AU - Reimer U.
AU - van der Merwe A.
AU - Sibold P.
AU - Endl R.
PY - 2017
SP - 520
EP - 531
DO - 10.5220/0006388505200531