EXTENSION OF CLINICAL GUIDELINES BASED ON CLINICAL EXPERT RECOMMENDATIONS

摘要

A clinical decision support system comprises a clinical guideline (1) extended with expert recommendations. At least one of the nodes (3) is associated with a pair (4) of a clinical question (5) and a corresponding clinical answer (6), the pair forming an extension to the clinical guideline (1) for the purpose of the clinical decision support. A node unit (7) is arranged for determining a node (3) of the plurality of nodes, based on a condition of a specific patient and the set of clinical preconditions of the node. A presenting unit (8) is arranged for presenting at least a part of the pair (4) of the question (5) and/or the corresponding clinical answer (6) associated with the relevant node (3). A matching unit (10) is arranged for matching a question against a collection of existing questions previously answered, in dependence on the relevant node (3).