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Decision Support, Knowledge Representation and Management: A broad methodological spectrum
Objectives: To summarize current excellent research in the field of decision support, knowledge management and representation...
Keywords: Medical Informatics, International Medical Informatics Association, yearbook, Knowledge management, Knowledge Representation, Decision Support, Ontologies, natural language processing
01/2006 | Methods of Information in Medicine, SchattauerGraphic Representation of Sequential Bayesian Analysis
Previously undescribed algebraic transforms of Bayes' theorem define families of operating points in the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) space which, at given pre-test probability, produce constant post-test probabilities...
Keywords: Bayes’ Theorem, Predictive Value of Tests, diagnosis, Decision Support, ROC Space
09/1999 | Methods of Information in Medicine, SchattauerScalable Software Architectures for Decision Support
Interest in decision-support programs for clinical medicine soared in the 1970s. Since that time, workers in medical informatics have been particularly attracted to rule-based systems as a means of providing clinical decision support...
Keywords: Scalable Software Architectures, Decision Support, Software Engineering, Ontologies, Problem Solving
12/1999 | Methods of Information in Medicine, SchattauerDesign of a Decision Support System for Test Ordering in General Practice: Choices and Decisions to Make
The increased availability of tests in the past years has been accompanied by an increased number of blood tests ordered by general practitioners...
Keywords: Decision Support, Guidelines, Test-ordering Behavior, General Practice
12/1999 | Methods of Information in Medicine, SchattauerA Computer-Assisted Drug Prescription System: The Model and its Implementation in the ATM Knowledge Base
Informatisation of drug prescription is an important topic in medical informatics. For several years now, computerized drug databases have been implemented...
Keywords: Terminology, Drug Knowledge Base, Computerized Drug Prescription, Decision Support
03/1999 | Methods of Information in Medicine, SchattauerSemi-Automatic Generation of Medical Tele-Expert Opinion for Primary Care Physician
OBJECTIVES: A computer-based system has been developed for the generation of medical expert opinions on the insulin-resistance syndrome, based on clinical data obtained from primary care physicians. METHODS: An expert opinion for each patient was generated by using a decision tree for entering individual text modules and by adding optional free text...
Keywords: Expert opinion, critiquing system, consultation system, Diabetes mellitus, disease management, Decision Support
01/2003 | Methods of Information in Medicine, SchattauerQuality of Health Care: Informatics Foundations
OBJECTIVE: To discuss in what ways computer systems can contribute to the quality of healthcare and on which principles of informatics successful systems are based. METHODS: Part of the information was obtained via a literature search and part is based on the knowledge of the authors. RESULTS: The results of the literature search are reported...
Keywords: Literature review, Decision Support, risk management, computerized guideline systems, guideline models, physician order entry systems, decision support methods
01/2003 | Methods of Information in Medicine, SchattauerHELEN, a Modular Framework for Representing and Implementing Clinical Practice Guidelines
OBJECTIVES: In order to implement clinical practice guidelines for the Department of Neonatology of the Heidelberg University Medical Center we developed a modular framework consisting of tools for authoring, browsing and executing encoded clinical practice guidelines (CPGs). METHODS: Based upon a comprehensive analysis of literature, we set up requirements for guideline representation systems...
Keywords: Clinical Practice Guidelines, representation, acquisition, implementation, local adaptation, execution, Decision Support
01/2004 | Methods of Information in Medicine, SchattauerPrediction of Cardiovascular Risk in Hemodialysis Patients by Data Mining
OBJECTIVES: The objective of this work was to contribute to the development, validation and application of data mining methods for prediction in decision support systems in medicine...
Keywords: Hemodialysis, Data Mining, clustering, rule extraction, prediction, Decision Support
01/2004 | Methods of Information in Medicine, SchattauerStandardized Documentation of Drug Recommendations in Discharge Letters A Contribution to Quality Management in Cooperative Care
OBJECTIVES: To analyze the necessity and potential usefulness of a computerized physician order entry (CPOE) system in supporting the writing of pharmacotherapeutic recommendations in discharge letters...
Keywords: Medical Informatics, Decision Support, drug information services, Computerized Medical Records Systems, discharge letters
01/2006 | Methods of Information in Medicine, Schattauer