A Laboratory Test Expert System for Clinical Diagnosis Support in Primary Health Care
Clinical Decision Support Systems have the potential to reduce lack of communication and errors in diagnostic steps in primary health care. Literature reports have showed great advances in clinical decision support systems in the recent years, which have proven its usefulness in improving the qualit...
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| author | Rodrigo Fernandez-Millan Jose-Amelio Medina-Merodio Roberto Barchino Plata Jose-Javier Martinez-Herraiz Jose-Maria Gutierrez-Martinez |
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| description | Clinical Decision Support Systems have the potential to reduce lack of communication and errors in diagnostic steps in primary health care. Literature reports have showed great advances in clinical decision support systems in the recent years, which have proven its usefulness in improving the quality of care. However, most of these systems are focused on specific areas of diseases. In this way, we propose a rule-based expert system, which supports clinicians in primary health care, providing a list of possible diseases regarding patient’s laboratory tests results in order to assist previous diagnosis. Our system also allows storing and retrieving patient’s data and the history of patient’s analyses, establishing a basis for coordination between the various health care levels. A validation step and speed performance tests were made to check the quality of the system. We conclude that our system could improve clinician accuracy and speed, resulting in more efficiency and better quality of service. Finally, we propose some recommendations for further research. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-72b01cfa81084ad3a41a72d57f40eb2b2022-12-22T02:20:19ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172015-08-015322224010.3390/app5030222app5030222A Laboratory Test Expert System for Clinical Diagnosis Support in Primary Health CareRodrigo Fernandez-Millan0Jose-Amelio Medina-Merodio1Roberto Barchino Plata2Jose-Javier Martinez-Herraiz3Jose-Maria Gutierrez-Martinez4Computer Science Department, Alcalá University, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid 28871, SpainComputer Science Department, Alcalá University, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid 28871, SpainComputer Science Department, Alcalá University, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid 28871, SpainComputer Science Department, Alcalá University, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid 28871, SpainComputer Science Department, Alcalá University, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid 28871, SpainClinical Decision Support Systems have the potential to reduce lack of communication and errors in diagnostic steps in primary health care. Literature reports have showed great advances in clinical decision support systems in the recent years, which have proven its usefulness in improving the quality of care. However, most of these systems are focused on specific areas of diseases. In this way, we propose a rule-based expert system, which supports clinicians in primary health care, providing a list of possible diseases regarding patient’s laboratory tests results in order to assist previous diagnosis. Our system also allows storing and retrieving patient’s data and the history of patient’s analyses, establishing a basis for coordination between the various health care levels. A validation step and speed performance tests were made to check the quality of the system. We conclude that our system could improve clinician accuracy and speed, resulting in more efficiency and better quality of service. Finally, we propose some recommendations for further research.http://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/5/3/222expert systemrule-basedframeworkclinicianprimary health carelaboratory test |
| spellingShingle | Rodrigo Fernandez-Millan Jose-Amelio Medina-Merodio Roberto Barchino Plata Jose-Javier Martinez-Herraiz Jose-Maria Gutierrez-Martinez A Laboratory Test Expert System for Clinical Diagnosis Support in Primary Health Care Applied Sciences expert system rule-based framework clinician primary health care laboratory test |
| title | A Laboratory Test Expert System for Clinical Diagnosis Support in Primary Health Care |
| title_full | A Laboratory Test Expert System for Clinical Diagnosis Support in Primary Health Care |
| title_fullStr | A Laboratory Test Expert System for Clinical Diagnosis Support in Primary Health Care |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Laboratory Test Expert System for Clinical Diagnosis Support in Primary Health Care |
| title_short | A Laboratory Test Expert System for Clinical Diagnosis Support in Primary Health Care |
| title_sort | laboratory test expert system for clinical diagnosis support in primary health care |
| topic | expert system rule-based framework clinician primary health care laboratory test |
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