Modelling clinical narrative as computable knowledge: The NICE computable implementation guidance project.

Philip James ScottMichaela HeiglCharles McCayPolly ShepperdsonElia Lima-WaltonElisavet AndrikopoulouKlara BrunnhuberGary CorneliusSusan FauldingBen McAlisterShaun RowarkMatthew SouthMark R ThomasJustin WhatlingJohn WilliamsJeremy C WyattFelix Greaves

Published in: Learning health systems (2023)

The project has shown that the WHO DAK, with some modification, is a promising approach to build technology-neutral logical specifications of NICE recommendations. Implementation of concurrent computable modelling by multidisciplinary teams during guideline development poses methodological and cultural questions that are complex but tractable given suitable will and leadership.

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