Medical Guideline Technology: Representing, Interpreting and Sharing Cost-effective Standards (MGT)

Design and implementation of techniques for computer representation of medical guidelines (MGL) which integrate generic recommendations for specific medical circumstances (generic medical guidelines) with site-specific conditions (site ontology) and an applicable cost model.

Design of a computational model for applying MGL to uncertain or incomplete patient data and implementation of reasoning algorithms for calculating optimal decision with respect to the given MGL, cost model and a selected criterion.

Analysis and design of methods for critiquing MGL by induction from patient databases and implementation of corresponding algorithms.

Three pilot applications in the same medical domain of hypertension and cardiology but in countries with significant differences in the health care system, available resources and organisational structure (both from EU and CCE). The methodology and tools will be also used for the health care of first contact (general practitioners). Evaluation and comparison of benefits for the different health care conditions will be undertaken.

Organising a workshop with the aim of presenting our results and discussing the future potential of MGL technology. and disseminating results as a part of the course material for medical educational projects, such as e.g. IT EDUCTRA (Framework 4 Project).