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A CASE Tool for Modeling Healthcare Applications with Archetypes and Analysis Patterns

Authors:
André Magno Costa de Araújo
Valéria Cesário Times
Marcus Urbano da Silva
Carlos Andrew Costa Bezerra

Keywords: Archetypes; Database related software; conceptual data modeling; E-health related software.

Abstract:
Development of Health Information Systems (HIS) based on dual models allows modifications and extensions to be conducted in the layer of archetypes, reducing dependencies on software developers and on system development tools. However, the literature on HIS has paid little attention to modeling tools that build conceptual data schemes based on dual models and archetypes. This paper proposes a metamodel to represent healthcare concepts and their relationships whose instance is seen as a set of analysis patterns because they are useful to more than a single domain and is a dual conceptual schema based on reusable archetypes. The development of a novel Computer-Aided Software Engineering (CASE) modeling tool is discussed, which is called ArcheERCASE, is based on the metamodel proposed, helps Database (DB) designers in the modeling of HIS applications and enables the reuse of archetypes and the reuse of ArcheERCASE conceptual data schemas. Finally, to illustrate the key features and advantages of the proposed model, an ArcheER conceptual schema built for a real legacy system is discussed.

Pages: 206 to 211

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2016

Publication date: August 21, 2016

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4235

ISBN: 978-1-61208-498-5

Location: Rome, Italy

Dates: from August 21, 2016 to August 25, 2016