MedLexis Workflow
Clinical language organised around the patient's pathway
Medical dictionaries organise information alphabetically. Clinical work does not. Healthcare professionals do not usually encounter terminology as isolated dictionary entries. Clinical communication occurs within a sequence:
assessment → investigation → explanation → treatment → monitoring → follow-up
MedLexis Workflow is designed to organise language, templates and professional communication around these real clinical processes.
Diabetes Workflow
1. Presentation and assessment
Relevant language includes:
- symptoms of hyperglycaemia;
- family history;
- cardiovascular risk;
- previous gestational diabetes;
- medicines;
- lifestyle;
- comorbidities.
2. Investigations
Relevant concepts include:
- HbA1c;
- blood glucose;
- renal function;
- urinary albumin;
- lipid profile;
- blood pressure.
3. Diagnosis and explanation
The same concept may need to be expressed as:
professional terminology
→ for documentation and professional communication;
and
patient-friendly language
→ for explaining the diagnosis and its implications.
4. Treatment
Relevant language includes:
- metformin and other glucose-lowering medicines;
- insulin;
- dosage;
- adverse effects;
- adherence;
- self-monitoring.
5. Complication screening
Relevant areas include:
- renal disease;
- retinopathy;
- diabetic foot disease;
- neuropathy;
- cardiovascular disease.
6. Follow-up
Relevant language includes:
- treatment targets;
- repeat blood tests;
- medication review;
- lifestyle;
- safety-netting;
- next review.
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Hypertension Workflow
1. Detection
Relevant language includes:
- raised blood pressure;
- repeated measurement;
- symptoms;
- cardiovascular risk.
2. Confirmation and monitoring
Relevant concepts include:
- clinic blood pressure;
- home blood-pressure monitoring;
- ambulatory blood-pressure monitoring.
3. Clinical assessment
Relevant areas include:
- cardiovascular history;
- renal disease;
- medicines;
- adherence;
- family history;
- smoking;
- alcohol;
- weight and physical activity.
4. Investigations
Relevant terminology includes:
- renal function;
- electrolytes;
- urine testing;
- glucose/HbA1c;
- lipid profile.
5. Treatment
Relevant language includes:
- antihypertensive medicines;
- dose changes;
- adverse effects;
- adherence;
- lifestyle measures.
6. Follow-up
Relevant communication includes:
- home readings;
- treatment response;
- adverse effects;
- repeat investigations;
- treatment adjustment;
- next review.