Algorithms are a series of steps that, when combined, form the basis of a computer program. A flowchart is a visual representation of the algorithm.

Open in Viewer Fig 1. Algorithm flowchart. Flowchart of how the algorithm was used to identify incident epithelial ovarian cancer cases.

A treatment flowchart, Controlling Hypertension in Adults, breaks no major new ground but provides clinicians with a simple and easy hypertension algorithm.