Study of Healthcare Professionals’ Interaction
in the Patient Records Based on Annotations
Khalil Chehab
1(&)
, Anis Kalboussi
2,3
, and Ahmed Hadj Kacem
1
1 ReDCAD Research Laboratory, Faculty of Economics and Management,
University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia
khalilisig@gmail.com, ahmed.hadjkacem@fsegs.rnu.tn
2 Higher Institute of Computer Science and Management, University of
Kairouan, Kairouan, Tunisia
anis.kalboussi@isigk.rnu.tn
3 ReDCAD Research Laboratory, University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia
Abstract. The annotation practice is an almost daily activity; it is used by
healthcare professionals (PHC) to analyze, collaborate, share knowledge and
communicate, between them, information present in the healthcare record of
patients. These annotations are created in a healthcare cycle that consists of:
diagnosis, treatment, advice, follow-up and observation.
Due to an exponential increase in the number of medical annotation systems
that are used by different categories of health professionals, we are faced with a
problem of lack of organization of medical annotation systems developed on the
basis of formal criteria. As a result, we have a fragmented image of these
annotations tools which make the mission of choice of an annotation system by
a PHC, in a well-defined context (biology, radiology…) and according to their
needs to the functionalities offered by these tools, are difficult.
In this article we present a classification of thirty annotation tools developed
by industry and academia based on 5 generic criteria. We conclude this survey
paper with model proposition.
Keywords: E-heath Á Annotation Á Classification Á Health record Á Annotation
system Á Healthcare professionals
1 Introduction
The paper annotation practice is very common. Indeed, during our reading we are all
accustomed to scribble our comments in a margin of document, to highlight, to circle
sections, to paste post-it…, which aims to enrich and add value to information [40, 43].
Annotation is a central practice in many professions: teachers annotate copies of students; professors exchange annotated documents during their work; Engineers co build
engines by annotating sketches of plans to make them evolve, doctors comment on
patient folder, etc. [39, 44].
Annotations thus, take various forms and are used for different functions [28].
Moreover, computerization of documents offers us new perspectives to use these
annotations (indexation, creation, document, assistance, etc.) which do not exist on paper
[41]. Assistance is a very important function that can be related to the annotation activity.
© The Author(s) 2020
M. Jmaiel et al. (Eds.): ICOST 2020, LNCS 12157, pp. 316–328, 2020.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51517-1_28
in the Patient Records Based on Annotations
Khalil Chehab
1(&)
, Anis Kalboussi
2,3
, and Ahmed Hadj Kacem
1
1 ReDCAD Research Laboratory, Faculty of Economics and Management,
University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia
khalilisig@gmail.com, ahmed.hadjkacem@fsegs.rnu.tn
2 Higher Institute of Computer Science and Management, University of
Kairouan, Kairouan, Tunisia
anis.kalboussi@isigk.rnu.tn
3 ReDCAD Research Laboratory, University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia
Abstract. The annotation practice is an almost daily activity; it is used by
healthcare professionals (PHC) to analyze, collaborate, share knowledge and
communicate, between them, information present in the healthcare record of
patients. These annotations are created in a healthcare cycle that consists of:
diagnosis, treatment, advice, follow-up and observation.
Due to an exponential increase in the number of medical annotation systems
that are used by different categories of health professionals, we are faced with a
problem of lack of organization of medical annotation systems developed on the
basis of formal criteria. As a result, we have a fragmented image of these
annotations tools which make the mission of choice of an annotation system by
a PHC, in a well-defined context (biology, radiology…) and according to their
needs to the functionalities offered by these tools, are difficult.
In this article we present a classification of thirty annotation tools developed
by industry and academia based on 5 generic criteria. We conclude this survey
paper with model proposition.
Keywords: E-heath Á Annotation Á Classification Á Health record Á Annotation
system Á Healthcare professionals
1 Introduction
The paper annotation practice is very common. Indeed, during our reading we are all
accustomed to scribble our comments in a margin of document, to highlight, to circle
sections, to paste post-it…, which aims to enrich and add value to information [40, 43].
Annotation is a central practice in many professions: teachers annotate copies of students; professors exchange annotated documents during their work; Engineers co build
engines by annotating sketches of plans to make them evolve, doctors comment on
patient folder, etc. [39, 44].
Annotations thus, take various forms and are used for different functions [28].
Moreover, computerization of documents offers us new perspectives to use these
annotations (indexation, creation, document, assistance, etc.) which do not exist on paper
[41]. Assistance is a very important function that can be related to the annotation activity.
© The Author(s) 2020
M. Jmaiel et al. (Eds.): ICOST 2020, LNCS 12157, pp. 316–328, 2020.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51517-1_28