Mapping of patient data to medical guidelines

摘要

The invention relates to a system (100) for mapping a patient data structure (PD) for describing a patient's case into a guideline data structure (GD) for describing a medical guideline, the system comprising storage (170) for storing: a plurality of data items (DI1; DI2; . . . ; DI99); the patient data structure (PD) comprising data items (DI1; DI3; DI5; DI27; DI47, DI67, DI74) of the plurality of data items (DI1; DI2; . . . ; DI99); the guideline data structure (GD) comprising a guideline graph (GG), wherein the guideline graph (GG) is a directed graph, the guideline graph (GG) comprising action nodes (AN1; AN2), wherein each action node (AN1; AN2) is associated with an action; the system further comprising a linker (110) for linking data items (DI1; DI3; DI5; DI27; DI47, DI67, DI74) comprised in the patient data structure (PD) to action nodes (AN1; AN2) of the guideline graph (GG), based on a relation between said data items and actions associated with said action nodes (AN1; AN2), thereby mapping the patient data structure (PD) into the guideline data structure (GD). By decoupling the data input functionality and the medical guideline functionality, the use of the medical guideline of the invention imposes fewer constraints on the quality and completeness of the available patient data. Advantageously, mapping the patient data structure into the guideline graph of the guideline data structure provides an easy way of implementing and visualizing a personalized medical guideline which coincides with the general guideline requirements.