| Mid-term report on the Arden Syntax in a clinical event monitor. | |
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PMID: 7705069 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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In implementing a clinical event monitor (CEM), a decision-support system, we worked with an existing repository of clinical data (Keystone), fed from ancillary systems using HL7. The rules are written in the Arden Syntax, an ASTM standard for expressing medical knowledge as medical logic modules (MLMs). The Arden Syntax leaves unspecified the clinical data model and deductive database access language; we briefly describe our query language and the related medical concepts dictionary (MCD). This paper gives an overview of our implementation of the Arden Syntax, the MCD and the deductive database access language, with reasons for the major design decisions. Overall, less than a quarter of the development effort has gone into the Arden compiler and interpreter; the rest has focused on accessing the data and integrating with other systems. We feel that the Arden Syntax has proved its worth in writing rules; effort should now be focused on medical vocabularies and data models. |
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Authors:
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P Ludemann |
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Type: Journal Article; Review |
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Title: Computers in biology and medicine Volume: 24 ISSN: 0010-4825 ISO Abbreviation: Comput. Biol. Med. Publication Date: 1994 Sep |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 1995-05-11 Completed Date: 1995-05-11 Revised Date: 2007-11-15 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 1250250 Medline TA: Comput Biol Med Country: UNITED STATES |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 377-83 Citation Subset: IM |
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Institute for Medical Informatics, Ameritech Knowledge Data, Palo Alto, CA 94301, USA. |
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Artificial Intelligence* Decision Making, Computer-Assisted Decision Support Techniques* Dictionaries as Topic Information Systems* Programming Languages* Software Systems Integration |
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