From ontological foundation to the representation of clinical processes: a theoretical approach

• Autor(a) principal: Aganette, Elisângela Cristina
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Teixeira, Livia Marangon Duffles
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Informação & Informação
• Texto Completo: https://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/informacao/article/view/34973
• topic: Ontologies; Business Process Management; Process Modeling; Information Representation; Ontologías; Gestión de Procesos de Negocios; Modelado de Procesos; Representación de la Información; Ontologias; Gestão de Processos de Negócios; Modelagem de Processos; Representação da Informação

Introduction: Managing issues related to the organization of information independent of the knowledge area is an arduous and costly task as it requires specific knowledge, appropriate methodologies and appropriate support tools. In this context, ontologies and process modeling have stood out as solutions for managing such problems, allied, as an alternative to achieve interoperability between systems. Objective: In view of this, the present article seeks to present a philosophical, ontological and process management rationale, as well as to show that the respective foundations are capable of supporting the need for improvements in business process modeling. Methodology: For this, we present a theoretical contextualization about processes in the philosophical scope, in corporate management, in domain ontologies and finally, contextualizes the theoretical body in clinical process management. Results: As a result, the article highlights the progress of the understanding of the processes in different areas of application. As the research progresses, it is expected that it will be possible to identify in the modeling processes their essential characteristics and their proper categorization. Thus, through the notations, the processes will present subsidies for the representation of reality and the different procedural entities related to them. These subsidies can be configured as a reference methodology for process comparison and model validation. Conclusions: Clinical processes, the final objective of ongoing research, are developed in the health context and refer to routine in clinics, outpatient clinics, hospitals or even administrative activities. These processes are characterized by life-care involvement, where time is precious for decision making. It is expected that the developments provided by this study will be used as a theoretical foundation for the use of process-oriented ontologies in the clinical environment, contributing to their development in the field of Information Science.