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A Decision Support System (DSS) for Colorectal Cancer Follow-Up Program via a Semantic Framework

A Decision Support System (DSS) for Colorectal Cancer Follow-Up Program via a Semantic Framework

Kalpdrum Passi, Hongtao Zhao
Copyright: © 2015 |Volume: 10 |Issue: 1 |Pages: 22
ISSN: 1555-3396|EISSN: 1555-340X|EISBN13: 9781466676275|DOI: 10.4018/IJHISI.2015010102
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Passi, Kalpdrum, and Hongtao Zhao. "A Decision Support System (DSS) for Colorectal Cancer Follow-Up Program via a Semantic Framework." IJHISI vol.10, no.1 2015: pp.17-38. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJHISI.2015010102

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Passi, K. & Zhao, H. (2015). A Decision Support System (DSS) for Colorectal Cancer Follow-Up Program via a Semantic Framework. International Journal of Healthcare Information Systems and Informatics (IJHISI), 10(1), 17-38. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJHISI.2015010102

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Passi, Kalpdrum, and Hongtao Zhao. "A Decision Support System (DSS) for Colorectal Cancer Follow-Up Program via a Semantic Framework," International Journal of Healthcare Information Systems and Informatics (IJHISI) 10, no.1: 17-38. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJHISI.2015010102

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Abstract

This paper offers insights into evolving a decision support system (DSS) to aid primary care physicians and/or nurses in the post-surgical care of patients with Colorectal Cancer in a clinical setting. Presently, the oncologists in the cancer center, who are familiar with the Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs), are primarily responsible for the provision of follow-up care to their patients on the basis of the CPGs; in contrast, the attending primary care physician and/or nurse assisting the oncologist may be unfamiliar with these guidelines. These caregivers would, therefore, either require hardcopies of the CPGs or can be aided via a DSS for them to be able to provide the appropriate follow-up care for the respective cancer patients. Clearly, the Colorectal Cancer follow-up CPGs have to be analyzed and the ontology representing the knowledge embedded in the guidelines designed prior to realizing such a DSS. The designed ontology is often coded into Web Ontology Language (OWL) as a standard ontology that can be accessed through the Web. The authors' research team designed and presented the semantic framework of the web application, using the designed ontology that combines the current Web technology with database storage to achieve a unified development of the DSS. The authors also designed a user-friendly interface of the Web application to provide medical practitioners the functionality of the CPGs and the flexibility to customize the desired follow-up care schedule. The resulting DSS provides the physicians with follow-up program for the Colorectal Cancer patients based on the CPGs. The system was built using the semantic framework for the follow-up program and queries on the system are executed through SPARQL query engine.

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