Title :
An expert system for pressure ulcers: a work in progress
Author :
Peterson, G.M. ; Fisher, P.D.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Health & Inf. Sci., Victoria Univ., BC, Canada
Abstract :
Expert system (ES) technology is entering its fourth decade of evolution and has proven successful when used as an adjunct to human non-expert decision-making. Pressure ulcers are identified as a health problem that is poorly diagnosed and expensive to care for. This domain may prove to be suitable for mapping onto an expert system knowledge base. The diagnoses and care of pressure ulcers involves not only empirically defined rules and facts, but also intuition. This system will be development for clinical nurses within Greater Victoria´s hospitals
Keywords :
biomechanics; medical expert systems; patient care; skin; Greater Victoria´s hospitals; care; clinical nurses; diagnoses; empirically defined rules; expert system knowledge base; facts; health problem; human nonexpert decision-making; intuition; pressure ulcers expert system; Artificial intelligence; Decision making; Diagnostic expert systems; Expert systems; Hospitals; Humans; Information science; Medical diagnostic imaging; Medical expert systems; Medical services;
Conference_Titel :
Electrical and Computer Engineering, 1993. Canadian Conference on
Conference_Location :
Vancouver, BC
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2416-1
DOI :
10.1109/CCECE.1993.332457
