Computable knowledge use cases
User group | Use cases for computable knowledge |
Members of the public | Assessing health-related risks and how to manage them; what to do about acute symptoms |
Patients (ie, people with a diagnosis) | Self-management: how to assess disease activity or progression; how to adjust therapy; when to seek clinical contact, and how urgently |
Clinicians | To guide diagnosis, prognosis, investigation, treatment… |
Public health workers | To assess and manage population risks, and contain epidemics |
Software developers | To support the development of apps, medical devices, clinical information systems, chatbots and clinical robots |
Medical publishers | To provide content for paper and online publications and decision support systems |