Encoding a depression screening guideline using GLIF
Choi, J.; Sapp, J.; Bakken, S.
Studies in Health Technology and Informatics 122: 905-906
2006
ISSN/ISBN: 0926-9630 PMID: 17102456 Document Number: 601225
Computer-interpretable guidelines (CIGs) have been reported to increase clinicians' usage of guidelines and to improve patient outcomes. The Guideline Interchange Format (GLIF) represents a guideline as a flowchart of clinical decision and action steps. We encoded a depression screening guideline using GLIF to transform it into a CIG. After identifying all guideline steps from the text format guideline, a flowchart was drawn using the encoded steps in GLIF. The flowchart was validated by an experienced psychiatric nurse clinician.