Integrating QMR with a computer-based patient record.
Most diagnostic decision support (DDS) systems are used as stand-alone applications. At present, the physician can only benefit from the suggestions of a DDS system if he is sufficiently motivated to re-enter patient data and run a diagnostic case analysis. If data from a computer-based patient record (CBPR) could be made available electronically to a DDS system, the use of that DDS system may become much more practical. Integrating a CBPR with a DDS system requires a mapping between two different data structures and dictionaries. We have explored a strategy to create a mapping between our CBPR and QMR. Our research has provided more general insight in the potential and limitations of such a mapping.
van Ginneken
A M
AM
Dept. of Medical Informatics, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Liem
E B
EB
Moorman
P W
PW
D003199:Computer Systems; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted; D006801:Humans; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized