title: Integrating a medical database and advisory system.
abstract: A system is described which incorporates the use of a diagnostic and treatment advice expert system into the routine information-handling functions of a surgical breast clinic. The main focus of the system is on identification and management of non-malignant breast disease. The advisor is linked with a clinical database which is used to hold summary case notes, and from which reports forming the basis for audit of case-mix and resource utilization can be produced. The system uses backward chaining of extended production rules and a relational database, and runs on a desktop microcomputer.
authors.affiliation: Brighton Health Authority, Royal Sussex County Hospital, UK.
authors.forename: O M
authors.initials: OM
authors.lastname: Goodyear
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hobsley
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Jameson
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Scurr
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shamsolmaali
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000601:surgery; D016208:Databases, Factual; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted; D001330:Electronic Data Processing; D005103:Expert Systems; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000458:organization & administration; D008838:Microcomputers; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D013813:Therapy, Computer-Assisted; D006113:United Kingdom