DocumentCode :
3353155
Title :
A case for supplementing evidence based medicine with inductive clinical knowledge: towards a technology-enriched integrated clinical evidence system
Author :
Abidi, Syed Sibte Raza ; Abidi, Samina Raza
Author_Institution :
Health Inf. Res. Group, Univ. Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia
fYear :
2001
fDate :
2001
Firstpage :
5
Lastpage :
10
Abstract :
Clinical evidence exists in modalities other than published clinical literature, such as: clinical data ranging from patient clinical profiles to clinical trials; clinical experiences of eminent medical practitioners; and medical knowledge bases encapsulating knowledge about patient care, healthcare guidelines and protocols, clinical workflow, and so on. We propose a technology-enriched strategy to exploit advanced computer technologies-knowledge management, data mining, case-based reasoning strategies and Internet technology-within traditional evidence-based medicine systems to derive all-encompassing clinical evidence derived from heterogeneous clinical evidence modalities. The paper features a conceptual overview of an integrated clinical evidence system designed to augment the typical literature-based clinical evidence with additional technology-mediated clinical evidence
Keywords :
Internet; case-based reasoning; data mining; health care; medical expert systems; Internet technology; advanced computer technologies; case-based reasoning strategies; clinical data; clinical experiences; clinical trials; clinical workflow; conceptual overview; data mining; evidence-based medicine; healthcare guidelines; healthcare protocols; heterogeneous clinical evidence modalities; inductive clinical knowledge; knowledge management; literature-based clinical evidence; medical knowledge bases; medical practitioners; patient care; patient clinical profiles; technology-enriched integrated clinical evidence system; technology-enriched strategy; technology-mediated clinical evidence; Best practices; Biomedical informatics; Clinical trials; Computer aided software engineering; Conference proceedings; Guidelines; Medical diagnostic imaging; Medical services; Protocols; Technology management;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Computer-Based Medical Systems, 2001. CBMS 2001. Proceedings. 14th IEEE Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Bethesda, MD
ISSN :
1063-7125
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1004-3
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/CBMS.2001.941689
Filename :
941689
Link To Document :
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