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An Approach for Managing Clinical Trial Applications Using Semantic Information Models

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The management of clinical trial applications by public authorities is a complex process involving several regulations, actors, and IT systems. In this paper we present a modeling approach based on semantic information models that supports this process. In particular, the approach can be used for the generation of user-centric visualizations, performance and compliance analyses and the distribution of the contained knowledge within an organization and to third parties. The approach has been developed together with AGES PharmMed and applied to their core processes.

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  1. University of Vienna, 1210, Vienna, Austria

    Hans-Georg Fill

  2. AGES PharmMed, Schnirchgasse 9, 1030, Vienna, Austria

    Ilona Reischl

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  1. Ulm University, Germany and University of Vienna, Austria

    Stefanie Rinderle-Ma

  2. University of Queensland, St Lucia, Qld, Australia

    Shazia Sadiq

  3. IAAS, University of Stuttgart, Germany

    Frank Leymann

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Fill, HG., Reischl, I. (2010). An Approach for Managing Clinical Trial Applications Using Semantic Information Models. In: Rinderle-Ma, S., Sadiq, S., Leymann, F. (eds) Business Process Management Workshops. BPM 2009. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 43. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-12186-9_56

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