Health professionals and managers face persistent challenges in complying with numerous and broadly defined healthcare regulations. Simultaneously, governments struggle to design, implement, and enforce effective policies. This regulatory gap constrains the operationalization of health system models and governance. Software engineering offers promising tools to mitigate this gap through the application of Regulatory Technology (RegTech) and Supervisory Technology (SupTech).
This research introduces the Compliance-Oriented Decomposition Method (CODEM) to enhance adherence to Quebec’s healthcare legislation. It departs from traditional practices by treating legal requirements as raw material, systematically breaking them down into elements that can create compliance indicators and produce digital artifacts such as management dashboards.
Using Walt and Gilson’s Policy Triangle Framework, the study hypothesizes that regulations across distinct levels share core components, like actors, spheres, and tasks, which can be decomposed and systematically classified. This hypothesis is evaluated through two case studies involving active healthcare legislation. The extracted elements inform the creation of compliance metrics and a data model, which supports the development of two functional Power BI dashboard prototypes. These dashboards aggregate information by strategic level, task characteristics, legislation type, decision sphere, and other relevant dimensions.
Despite acknowledged limitations, the findings demonstrate the feasibility and potential of the proposed method and data model for future research and innovation. Applications include scalable classification via machine learning, user-centric compliance tools, multilevel hierarchical representations, enhanced support for requirements engineering, and digitally structured health policies to improve interoperability.
| Date | 20 Oct 2025 |
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| Original language | American English |
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| Awarding Institution | - École de technologie supérieure
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| Supervisor | Fabio Petrillo (Supervisor) |
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Safe, J. D. M. M. (Author),
Petrillo (Supervisor),
20 Oct 2025Student thesis: Master's thesis › Master in Engineering: Engineering