HCLS/ACPPTaskForce/Telecons/june13 2006

Teleconference Minutes (ACPP Task Force)

Date

13-06-2006

Participants

• Sam Brandt
• Helen Chen
• Apology: Davide Zaccagnini

Agenda Items

1. Ontological Representation of Protocols and Guidelines,
2. Progress review: modelling Stroke Management Protocols,
3. HL7 V3, can they be used to represent protocols and pathways

Discussion minutes

1. need to review two references
   • Clinical guidelines as plans: an ontological theory, by kumar et. al.
   • Use of Declarative Statements in Creating and Maintaining Computer-Interpretable Knowledge Bases for Guideline-Based Care, by S. Tu et. al.
2. progress review : postpone to next Tcon, June 27
3. HL7 V3, in modelling protocols and pathways
   • H: HL7 RIM and Domain Vocubulary seem to offer a good healthcare domain ontology for description of medical knowledge used in protocols and pathways
   • S: Not familiar with HL7 RIM V3 enough to comment on its suitability for protocols and pathways. Should not purely reply on "mood" code of a task, because it does not reflect the status of a task during its execution in a workflow. Need to be able to express logic with "state" information of a task as well. Mentioned collection of blood samples and respective lab tests (Helen would like to see the blood lab test protocols in written as a test case here)

Next Tcon

June 27, 2006