The role of patient history in a decision support system

Author

Bortolan, Giovanni ; Cavaggion, C. ; Degani, Rosanna ; Bressan, Marta ; Marinato, PierGiorgio

Author_Institution

LADSEB-CNR, Padova, Italy

fYear

1989

fDate

19-22 Sep 1989

Firstpage

357

Lastpage

360

Abstract

The management of the temporal information contained in patient histories is investigated. The problems connected with the use of patient histories in both information systems and decision support systems are taken into account. An adequate formalization based on time intervals is suggested in order to capture both precise and imprecise information. An example of the use of patient history in the context of the management of cardiac arrhythmias is described. The information system under development is based on the ORACLE relational database management system, while the decision support system uses the knowledge engineering tool ART-Inference (Automated Reasoning Tool)

Keywords

expert systems; medical computing; ART-Inference; ORACLE relational database management system; automated reasoning tool; cardiac arrhythmias management; decision support system; imprecise information; knowledge engineering tool; patient history; precise information; temporal information; time intervals; Cardiology; Decision making; Decision support systems; Diseases; History; Hospitals; Information retrieval; Management information systems; Medical diagnostic imaging; Medical information systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computers in Cardiology 1989, Proceedings.

Conference_Location

Jerusalem

Print_ISBN

0-8186-2114-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CIC.1989.130565

Filename

130565