In the context of a private or public organization, a workflow is the detailed description of the actions and decisions that must (or should) be carried out in order to complete a business process. Usually, a workflow is expressed by a graph depicting the order in which the actions and decisions are to be executed in terms of sequence, alternatives, or iteration for example. A workflow can also specify how information circulated along with the execution flow.
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Healthcare Information System Modelling
Jean-Luc Hainaut (University of Namur, Belgium), Anne-France Brogneaux (University of Namur, Belgium), and Anthony Cleve (University of Namur, Belgium)
Copyright: © 2013
|Pages: 20
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-3990-4.ch028
Abstract
This chapter studies the requirements for a wide range of healthcare information systems, including, but not limited to, clinical pathways management, patient record management, home care management, and medical personnel and resource management. The analysis concentrates on the description and management of medical activities, leaving aside the standard management processes common to all enterprises. It develops a generic architecture for these information systems comprising four central submodels devoted to the description, respectively, of organizational structures, care processes, information, and resources. Each submodel is analysed independently of the others then integrated into a consistent global model. Extensions of this model to other facets of the healthcare information system are discussed and some practical applications are suggested.