University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Executable clinical models for acute care

Rahmaniheris, Maryam

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Title
Executable clinical models for acute care
Author(s)
Rahmaniheris, Maryam
Issue Date
2017-04-17
Director of Research (if dissertation) or Advisor (if thesis)
Sha, Lui
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Sha, Lui
Committee Member(s)
  • Kirlik, Alex
  • Gunter, Carl
  • Mangharam, Rahul
  • Weininger, Sandy
Department of Study
Computer Science
Discipline
Computer Science
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Date of Ingest
2017-08-10T19:51:56Z
Keyword(s)
  • Clinical models
  • Computational pathophysiology
  • Clinical validation
  • Model-based system design
  • Formal verification
Abstract
Medical errors are the third leading cause of death in the U.S., after heart disease and cancer, causing at least 250,000 deaths every year. These errors are often caused by slips and lapses, which include, but are not limited to delayed diagnosis, delayed or ineffective therapeutic interventions, and unintended deviation from the best practice guidelines. These situations may occur more often in acute care settings, where the staff are overloaded, under stress, and must make quick decisions based on the best available evidence. An \textit{integrated clinical guidance system} can reduce such medical errors by helping medical staff track and assess patient state more accurately and adapt the care plan according to the best practice guidelines. However, a main prerequisite for developing a guideline system is to create computer interpretable representations of the clinical knowledge. The main focus of this thesis is to develop executable clinical models for acute care. We propose an organ-centric pathophysiology-based modeling paradigm, in which we translate the medical text into executable interactive disease and organ state machines. We formally verify the correctness and safety of the developed models. Afterward, we integrate the models into a best practice guidance system. We study the cardiac arrest and sepsis case studies to demonstrate the applicability of proposed modeling paradigm. We validate the clinical correctness and usefulness of our model-driven cardiac arrest guidance system in an ACLS training class. We have also conducted a preliminary clinical simulation of our model-driven sepsis screening system.
Graduation Semester
2017-05
Type of Resource
text
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Copyright 2017 Maryam Rahmaniheris

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