Visual Comparison of Guidelines: Method and Application to Potentially Inappropriate Medication Lists

Mouazer, Abdelmalek; Sedki, Karima; Tsopra, Rosy; Lamy, Jean-Baptiste

doi:10.3233/shti210158

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“…In this study, the visualization of ADEs by graph performed worst, but the graphical representation has not been fully explored in this work. Two publications from France [9], [10] describe a similar tool that graphically visualize drug interactions. Their representation is easy to understand and read.…”

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Usability Analysis of a Medication Visualization Tool for Decision Support

Schmidtchen,

Villis,

Christoph

et al. 2023

German Medical Data Sciences 2023 – Science. Close to People.

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Background: In Germany, patients are entitled to a medication plan. While the overview is useful, it does not contain explicit information on various potential adverse drug events (ADEs). Therefore, physicians must continue to seek information from various sources to ensure medication safety. Objective: In this project a first functional prototype of a medication therapy tool was developed that focuses on visualizing and highlighting potential ADEs. A usability analysis about the tool’s functionality, design and usability was conducted. Methods: A web application tool was developed using the MMI Pharmindex as database. ADEs are color coded and can be displayed in three different ways – as a list, a table, or a graph. To test the tool, an online survey was conducted amongst healthcare professionals (n = 9). The test included two real medication plans to check ADEs through the tool. Results: The survey results indicated that the web tool was clear and self-explanatory. It scored overall “good” (score: 76.5) on the System Usability Scale questionnaire. Due to the free-text information of the database used, there were some inconsistencies in the visualized ADEs. Conclusion: There is a demand for a visualization tool for medications. The high quality of the database is crucial in order to correctly visualize all necessary information, such as drug-drug interactions and inclusion of patient data. This is essential to provide a trustworthy tool for medical professionals.

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Usability Analysis of a Medication Visualization Tool for Decision Support

Schmidtchen,

Villis,

Christoph

et al. 2023

German Medical Data Sciences 2023 – Science. Close to People.

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“…Another level of comparison between CPGs is comparing conceptual coverage. This task may be done using visualization methods [5,11] to provide intuitive comparisons [11].…”

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“…Some other studies report results based on the assessment of CPG conceptual coverage intersection [5,11]. This method has been used for comparing three CPGs for the management of arterial hypertension [5] and for comparing five CPGs of Potentially Inappropriate Medications (PIM) from different sources.…”

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Methods Used to Compare Narrative Clinical Practice Guidelines: A Scoping Review

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Redjdal

Bouaud

et al. 2022

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

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Guideline-based clinical decision support systems (CDSSs) need the most recent evidence for reliable performance, making the provision of regularly updated clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) a major issue. Some international guidelines are renewed in short intervals and can be used for checking the status of given national guidelines with regard to the most recent evidence. Considering the volume of medical data and the number of CPGs published, computerized comparison of clinical guidelines can be an effective method. We performed a scoping review to evaluate the methods used for comparing two CPGs. We searched for methods for extracting CPG components and for methods used for comparing CPGs at different levels of abstraction. In each case, computerized and semi-computerized methods were recognized. Expert knowledge has yet a determinant role for assessing the comparisons, this role being more prominent for the extraction of semantic rules and the resolution of inconsistencies.

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Visual Comparison of Guidelines: Method and Application to Potentially Inappropriate Medication Lists

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Usability Analysis of a Medication Visualization Tool for Decision Support

Usability Analysis of a Medication Visualization Tool for Decision Support

Methods Used to Compare Narrative Clinical Practice Guidelines: A Scoping Review

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