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. 2019 Oct 8;27(1):159–174. doi: 10.1093/jamia/ocz169

Table 3.

List of reasoning concepts (see Supplementary Table S2 for reasoning concepts definitions)

Medical domain Reasoning concept Reasoning subconcepts
Action Inform patient or colleague about Process information, appointment, results, management, risk
Data documentation  
Enquiry to acquire information Family history, personal history, current problem and background, past problem and associated information, availability of services, appointments
Enquiry to recall for service Arrange service
Enquiry to request with response Appointment, results, second opinion, specialist services, investigations
Enquiry to confirm action has been done  
Decision Eligibility for participation in trails, eligibility for service, need for referral, diagnosis, detection, etiology, pathology, need for follow-up, investigation, prophylaxis, risk assessment, choice of therapy
Assessment COMB, automatic motivation, physical capability, psychological capability, reflective motivation, social opportunity, behavioral change technique
Comparison of… . Comparison of behavior, comparison of outcomes
Plan Referral for service, follow-up, manage treatment pathway, arrange/rearrange services
Acquire information/knowledge about specific setting Acquire information about setting, acquire comparison data in setting
Detect  
Classify Staging
Eligibility Investigations, referral, therapy, research trail
Assess level of some parameter Urgency, risk, need, quality
Predict  
Diagnosis  
Prognosis  
Action_description Decisional_action_description, Drug_prescription_description, Clinical_action_description, Drug_administration_description, Surgical_action_description, Laboratory_exam_action_description
Enact tasks Communicate, Educate, Inform, Act_Observation, Act_Patient_Encounter, Act_Procedure, Act_Substance_Administration, Act_Registration, Act_Working_List, Act_Care_Plan, Feedback and monitoring
Goals Achieve some state of world Limit changes to current state, bring about required future state, empower staff, prevent unwanted future state, ensure compliance with plan
Goal type Cessation goal, acquisition goal, shapeable goal, intervention goal
Treatment Treatment decision Decide between alternative interventions, decide whether to carry out intervention or not, decide type of investigation, Decide scheduling of intervention
Treatment_purpose  
Dose modification Add serum, decrease dose, increase dose, continue, finish
Influential factors Motivation, opportunity, obstacle, reward and threat
Intervention function  
CPG Similarity measure Exact, difference, complex
Confidence  
Antecedents  
Guideline_Step Decision_Option, Diagnostic_Step, Discharge_Step, Admission_Step, Transfer_Step, Control_of_disease
Associations  
Repetition and substitution  
Regulation  
Covert learning  
Scheduled consequences  
Tip  
TDFDomain (Theoretical Domains Framework)  

COMB: capability, opportunity, motivation, and behavior model; CPG: clinical pathway guideline.