title: OPADE: development of an European computerized drug prescription system.
abstract: Many computerized drug prescription systems have been developed but they are rarely used in clinical practice because of their lack of integration with the functioning of medical institutions and the difficulty of building and maintaining a complete knowledge base on drugs. We present in this paper a system, called OPADE, which answers these shortcomings and we argue that a system actually used by practitioners may introduce a positive feed back loop in the prescribing process.
authors.affiliation: BIM, Belgium.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: de Zegher
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Milstein
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Séné
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dhalberg
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Harding
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kostrewski
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Venot
mesh_terms: D016303:Clinical Pharmacy Information Systems; D011307:Drug Prescriptions; D004360:Drug Therapy, Computer-Assisted; D005060:Europe; D005103:Expert Systems; D006801:Humans