Knowledge engineering for drug prescribing guidelines.

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Prescribing drugs for the treatment of medical conditions is a very common activity for a doctor. Prescribing has enormous economic importance. Costs are rising quickly and there is an urgent need for doctors to have easy assess to advice about the cheapest, most effective therapy. On average 80% of GPs in the UK use a computer for their medical work and the figure is rising rapidly. Currently available systems provide only very simple checks and reminders. More sophisticated advice is provid...

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Authors: Walton, R; Ilic, Z

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Studies in health technology and informatics
• Volume: 16
• Pages: 75-85
• Publication date: 1995-01-01
• Event title: Conference on Health Telematics for Clinical Guidelines and Protocols
• ISSN: 0926-9630
• ISBN: 9051991991
• Keywords: Decision Support Techniques; Treatment Outcome; Software; Drug Therapy, Computer-Assisted; Practice Guidelines as Topic; England; Drug Prescriptions; Humans; Medical Informatics Applications; Family Practice; Cost Control