Context

Medical professionals and hospitals promote solutions like care pathways and Health Information Systems (HIS) to support medical conduct and improve the quality of medical care.

Purpose

This study proposes MedPath: a Domain Specific Language (DSL) for modeling care pathways based on the paradigms of Model-Based Engineering (MBE) that can be integrated into software solutions.

Procedures

We have developed MedPath's abstract syntax with the Eclipse Modeling Framework by employing Ecore technology and concrete syntax with the Eclipse Sirius.

Findings

We have modeled over 85 care pathways that are in use in 45 hospitals in Brazil. MedPath-originated pathways have been used over 3.2 million times since October 2017. We conducted a survey among the professionals who used MedPath to evaluate user satisfaction.

Conclusions

We believe MedPath can translate any care pathway into an action flow with its current abstractions. MedPath makes care pathways more easily integrated into HIS and Electronic Patient Records, as it enables programmatic modeling and generates consumable artifacts.

中文翻译：

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MedPath：一种基于过程的建模语言，用于设计护理途径

语境

医疗专业人员和医院推广诸如护理途径和健康信息系统（HIS）之类的解决方案，以支持医疗行为并提高医疗质量。

目的

这项研究提出了MedPath：一种基于领域的语言（DSL），用于基于基于模型的工程（MBE）范例的护理路径建模，该模型可以集成到软件解决方案中。

程序

我们通过使用Ecore技术和Eclipse Sirius的具体语法，通过Eclipse Modeling Framework开发了MedPath的抽象语法。

发现

我们已经对巴西45家医院使用的85种护理路径进行了建模。自2017年10月以来，源自MedPath的途径已使用了320万次。我们对使用MedPath评估用户满意度的专业人员进行了调查。

结论

我们相信MedPath可以利用其当前抽象将任何护理途径转化为行动流程。MedPath使能够进行程序化建模并生成消耗品，从而使护理途径更易于集成到HIS和电子病历中。