What Role Can Process Mining Play in Recurrent Clinical Guidelines Issues? A Position Paper

Roberto Gatta, Mauro Vallati, Carlos Fernandez-Llatas, Antonio Martinez-Millana, Stefania Orini, Lucia Sacchi, Jacopo Lenkowicz, Mar Marcos, Jorge Munoz-Gama, Michel A. Cuendet, Berardino de Bari, Luis Marco-Ruiz, Alessandro Stefanini, Zoe Valero-Ramon, Olivier Michielin, Tomas Lapinskas, Antanas Montvila, Niels Martin, Erica Tavazzi and Maurizio Castellano
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Roberto Gatta: Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Sperimentali dell’Università degli Studi di Brescia, 25128 Brescia, Italy
Mauro Vallati: School of Computing and Engineering, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield HD13DH, UK
Carlos Fernandez-Llatas: PM4Health-SABIEN-ITACA, Universitat Politècnica de València, 46022 València, Spain
Antonio Martinez-Millana: PM4Health-SABIEN-ITACA, Universitat Politècnica de València, 46022 València, Spain
Stefania Orini: Alzheimer Operative Unit, IRCCS Istituto Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli, 25128 Brescia, Italy
Lucia Sacchi: Department of Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering, Università di Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy
Jacopo Lenkowicz: Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Roma, Italy
Mar Marcos: Department of Computer Engineering and Science, Universitat Jaume I, 12071 Castelló de la Plana, Spain
Jorge Munoz-Gama: Human & Process Research Lab (HAPLAB), Department of Computer Science, School of Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 3580000 Santiago, Chile
Michel A. Cuendet: Department of Oncology, University Hospital of Lausanne, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland
Berardino de Bari: Radiation Oncology, Réseau Hospitalier Neuchâtelois, 2000 La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
Luis Marco-Ruiz: Norwegian Centre for E-health Research, University Hospital of North Norway, 7439 Tromsø, Norway
Alessandro Stefanini: Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’energia dei sistemi del territorio e delle costruzioni, Università degli Studi di Pisa, 56126 Pisa, Italy
Zoe Valero-Ramon: PM4Health-SABIEN-ITACA, Universitat Politècnica de València, 46022 València, Spain
Olivier Michielin: Department of Oncology, University Hospital of Lausanne, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland
Tomas Lapinskas: Department of Cardiology, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, 44307 Kaunas, Lithuania
Antanas Montvila: Department of Radiology, Medical Academy, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, 44307 Kaunas, Lithuania
Niels Martin: Data Analytics Laboratory, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 1050 Ixelles, Belgium
Erica Tavazzi: Department of Oncology, University Hospital of Lausanne, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland
Maurizio Castellano: Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Sperimentali dell’Università degli Studi di Brescia, 25128 Brescia, Italy

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 18, 1-19

Abstract: In the age of Evidence-Based Medicine, Clinical Guidelines (CGs) are recognized to be an indispensable tool to support physicians in their daily clinical practice. Medical Informatics is expected to play a relevant role in facilitating diffusion and adoption of CGs. However, the past pioneering approaches, often fragmented in many disciplines, did not lead to solutions that are actually exploited in hospitals. Process Mining for Healthcare (PM4HC) is an emerging discipline gaining the interest of healthcare experts, and seems able to deal with many important issues in representing CGs. In this position paper, we briefly describe the story and the state-of-the-art of CGs, and the efforts and results of the past approaches of medical informatics. Then, we describe PM4HC, and we answer questions like how can PM4HC cope with this challenge? Which role does PM4HC play and which rules should be employed for the PM4HC scientific community?

Keywords: clinical guidelines; process mining; healthcare (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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