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Using Business Ontology to Integrate Business Architecture and Business Process Management for Healthcare Modeling

Using Business Ontology to Integrate Business Architecture and Business Process Management for Healthcare Modeling

Bonnie S. Urquhart, Waqar Haque
Copyright: © 2018 |Volume: 6 |Issue: 2 |Pages: 24
ISSN: 2166-7292|EISSN: 2166-7306|EISBN13: 9781522546740|DOI: 10.4018/IJCSSA.2018070102
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Urquhart, Bonnie S., and Waqar Haque. "Using Business Ontology to Integrate Business Architecture and Business Process Management for Healthcare Modeling." IJCSSA vol.6, no.2 2018: pp.18-41. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJCSSA.2018070102

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Urquhart, B. S. & Haque, W. (2018). Using Business Ontology to Integrate Business Architecture and Business Process Management for Healthcare Modeling. International Journal of Conceptual Structures and Smart Applications (IJCSSA), 6(2), 18-41. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJCSSA.2018070102

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Urquhart, Bonnie S., and Waqar Haque. "Using Business Ontology to Integrate Business Architecture and Business Process Management for Healthcare Modeling," International Journal of Conceptual Structures and Smart Applications (IJCSSA) 6, no.2: 18-41. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJCSSA.2018070102

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Abstract

Patient safety and quality of health care services continue to be an issue within healthcare organizations. Quality improvement of healthcare processes at a systems level requires a shared language so the system is well understood across and between business areas. Business ontology provides the ability to create a shared language which can be used to integrate business process management (BPM) and business architecture (BA) concepts to identify, prioritize, and plan system wide improvement. The effective application of this comprehensive management approach has been demonstrated using medication management services within a publicly funded Canadian healthcare organization. This article illustrates how the foundational ontology developed by the Global University Alliance and the related Business Process Management Ontology (BPMO) can be used to facilitate the integration of BA and BPM concepts to improve quality of medication management. The development of business artefacts resulted in a prioritized list of improvement initiatives and an action plan to implement and monitor the initiatives. The integration of BPM and BA using an ontology in a healthcare setting yields improved services at the systems level.

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