ArticleApplied clinical informatics2019
Modeling a Clinical Pathway for Contraception.
Article in Applied clinical informatics, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- The Implementation of a Business Process Model and Notation for Modeling Patient Health Care Trajectories: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Pooled it
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- Visualizing Patient Pathways and Identifying Data Repositories in a UK Neurosciences Center: Exploratory Study.JMIR medical informatics · 2024Article
- Visual Modeling Languages in Patient Pathways: Scoping Review.Interactive journal of medical research · 2024Article
- Evaluation of an Online Decision Aid for Selection of Contraceptive Methods.Applied clinical informatics · 2023Article
- Transitioning to Digital Systems: The Role of World Health Organization's Digital Adaptation Kits in Operationalizing Recommendations and Interoperability Standards.Global health, science and practice · 2022Article
- Socio-Organizational Impact of Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy in Neurosurgery and Neuropathology: Results from a Process Analysis and Expert Survey.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) produced a 72-page document titled "U.S. Selective Practice Recommendations for Contraceptive Use" in 2016. This document contains the medical eligibility criteria (MEC) for contraceptive initiation or continuation based on a patient's current health status. Notations such as Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) and Decision Model and Notation (DMN) might be useful to model such recommendations.
objectiveOur objective was to use BPMN and DMN to model and standardize the processes and decisions involved in initiating birth control according to the CDC's MEC for birth control initiation. This model could then be incorporated into an electronic health records system or other digital platform.
methodsMedical terminology, processes, and decisions were modeled in coordination with the CDC to ensure correctness. Challenges in terminology bindings were identified and categorized.
resultsA model was successfully produced. Integration of clearly defined data elements proved to be the biggest challenge.
conclusionBPMN and DMN have strengths and weaknesses when modeling medical processes; however, they can be used to successfully create models for clinical pathways.
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