title: [Electronic medical consultation].
abstract: This short paper introduces various preprogrammed and knowledge-based decision support methods. Fundamentals of case-based reasoning, clinical algorithms, statistical decision theory, decision trees, rule-based systems, causal networks and mathematical models that can be used to store and manipulate medical knowledge are reviewed. This brief introduction can serve as a guide to papers illustrating the use of different methodologies in clinical practice.
authors.affiliation: Semmelweis Orvostudományi Egyetem, Információtechnológiai és Dokumentációs Központ Budapest.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Deutsch
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D006814:Hungary; D019114:Remote Consultation
vernacular_title: Elektronikus orvosi konzulensek.