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The Application of the Unified Modeling Language in Object-Oriented Analysis of Healthcare Information Systems

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This paper concerns itself with the beneficial effects of the Unified Modeling Language (UML), a nonproprietary object modeling standard, in specifying, visualizing, constructing, documenting, and communicating the model of a healthcare information system from the user's perspective. The author outlines the process of object-oriented analysis (OOA) using the UML and illustrates this with healthcare examples to demonstrate the practicality of application of the UML by healthcare personnel to real-world information system problems. The UML will accelerate advanced uses of object-orientation such as reuse technology, resulting in significantly higher software productivity. The UML is also applicable in the context of a component paradigm that promises to enhance the capabilities of healthcare information systems and simplify their management and maintenance.

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Aggarwal, V. The Application of the Unified Modeling Language in Object-Oriented Analysis of Healthcare Information Systems. Journal of Medical Systems 26, 383–397 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1016449031753

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