Analysis of guideline compliance--a data mining approach

Stud Health Technol Inform. 2004:101:157-61.

Abstract

While guideline-based decision support is safety-critical and typically requires human interaction, offline analysis of guideline compliance can be performed to large extent automatically. We examine the possibility of automatic detection of potential non-compliance followed up with (statistical) association mining. Only frequent associations of non-compliance patterns with various patient data are submitted to medical expert for interpretation. The initial experiment was carried out in the domain of hypertension management.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Decision Making, Computer-Assisted
  • Decision Support Systems, Clinical*
  • Evidence-Based Medicine
  • Guideline Adherence*
  • Humans
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic*
  • Practice Patterns, Physicians'
  • Software