Protocols for Clinical Care

This paper describes the work of the DILEMMA project to provide protocol-based decision support in a variety of clinical domains. We give an outline of the generic protocol model that DILEMMA has produced, and the protocol task manager (PTM) software developed to assist protocol use in routine clinical practice. We summarise the validation of the model carried out to date, and take a quick look at the place of protocols in the wider context of clinical decision support.