Leveraging an existing data warehouse to annotate workflow models for operations research and optimization

AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2008 Nov 6:885.

Abstract

Workflow analysis is frequently performed in the context of operations research and process optimization. In order to develop a data-driven workflow model that can be employed to assess opportunities to improve the efficiency of perioperative care teams at The Ohio State University Medical Center (OSUMC), we have developed a method for integrating standard workflow modeling formalisms, such as UML activity diagrams with data-centric annotations derived from our existing data warehouse.

MeSH terms

  • Databases, Factual*
  • Documentation / methods*
  • Hospital Information Systems / organization & administration*
  • Information Storage and Retrieval / methods
  • Models, Organizational*
  • Natural Language Processing
  • Operations Research*
  • Perioperative Care / organization & administration*
  • Systems Integration
  • United States
  • Workflow*