Modeling Medical Guidelines as Interactive Graphs
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This is the first post in an ongoing series on graph-based healthcare tools. Stay tuned for upcoming entries on clinical modeling, decision support systems, and graph-powered AI assistants.
The Integrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood Illness (IMNCI) guidelines are a vital resource for diagnosing and treating pediatric conditions in low-resource settings. However, their traditional format—dense tables and long blocks of text—is difficult to navigate in fast-paced, high-pressure clinical environments.
To make these guidelines more usable, we built an interactive, graph-based model of the IMNCI protocol. By translating non-linear diagnostic logic into a structured, visual format, we enable faster, more intuitive decision-making and pave the way for intelligent clinical tools.