DiagnosticAid: Une plateforme collaborative pour les guides de pratique en médecine générale

A doctor’s job consists in making decisions in an environment of uncertainty. Certain tools and aids can help in this decision-making process, such as medical practice guidelines. When computerized, these save time and reduce error. The DiagnosticAid project aims to provide doctors with a computerized help tool for effective decision making based on medical practice guidelines developed for general medicine. Our in-depth knowledge of consulting processes has enabled us to develop a specialized tool as well as implement specially-designed test scenarios. In order to develop it, various new technologies had to be created, including a runtime environment for practice guidelines. To this end, we have developed a model, serialization, formula-based language, and runtime engine. This paper outlines in four sections the development of the different technologies.