A NICE perspective on computable biomedical knowledge.
Journal:
BMJ health & care informatics
Published Date:
Jul 1, 2020
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) plays a central role in the NHS. We distill knowledge of best practice from the best available sources of evidence and share this across the health and care system, typically in the form of recommendations. We want to ensure that this knowledge is shared in a form that supports improved decision making by professionals working together with patients, leading to improved outcomes. Understanding the role of computable knowledge in the context of a learning health system is therefore of deep interest to NICE.