Protocure: supporting the development of medical protocols through formal methods
Balser, M.; Coltell, O.; van Croonenborg, J.; Duelli, C.; van Harmelen, F.; Jovell, A.; Lucas, P.; Marcos, M.; Miksch, S.; Reif, W.; Rosenbrand, K.; Seyfang, A.; ten Teije, A.
Studies in Health Technology and Informatics 101: 103-107
2004
ISSN/ISBN: 0926-9630 PMID: 15537209 Document Number: 580580
Medical guidelines and protocols describe the optimal care for a specific group of patients and therefore, when properly applied, improve the quality of patient care. During the last decade, a large number of medical guidelines and protocols have been published. However, the work done on developing and disseminating them far outweighs the efforts on guaranteeing their quality. Indeed, anomalies like ambiguity and incompleteness are frequent in medical guidelines and protocols. An approach grounded on a formal representation, can answer these needs, as we have demonstrated in the Protocure project'. The Protocure II project will aim at integrating formal methods in the life cycle of guidelines.