Development of an intelligent decision support system for medication review

Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 81-88

  Bindoff, I K ^a   Tenni, P C ^a   Peterson, G M ^a   Kang, B H ^a   Jackson, S L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Computer system; Decision support; Drug therapy; Expert; Knowledge based; Medication review

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL PHARMACY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG MONITORING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; KNOWLEDGE BASE; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT INFORMATION; PILOT STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOM;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PHARMACISTS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 33846798430     PISSN: 02694727     EISSN: 13652710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2710.2007.00801.x     Document Type: Article

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