Title
Combining task execution and background knowledge for the verification of medical guidelines
Abstract
The use of a medical guideline can be seen as the execution of computational tasks, sequentially or in parallel, in the face of patient data. It has been shown that many of such guidelines can be represented as a 'network of tasks', i.e., as a number of steps that have a specific function or goal. To investigate the quality of such guidelines we propose a formalization of criteria for good practice medicine a guideline should comply to. We use this theory in conjunction with medical background knowledge to verify the quality of a guideline dealing with diabetes mellitus type 2 using the interactive theorem prover KIV. Verification using task execution and background knowledge is a novel approach to quality checking of medical guidelines.
Year
DOI
Venue
2007
10.1016/j.knosys.2006.11.005
Knowl.-Based Syst.
Keywords
Field
DocType
verification,logic,theorem prover
Data mining,Computer science,Medical guideline,Symbolic execution,Guideline,Proof obligation,Proof assistant
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
20
2
0950-7051
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
6
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Arjen Hommersom112119.62
Perry Groot217517.36
Peter J. F. Lucas363765.68
Michael Balser422215.30
Jonathan Schmitt5483.79