title: Drug use management and IT-based medical thesauri: issues of semantics and linguistics.
abstract: Argues that by interpreting the semantic content of different actions, it will be possible to draw boundaries between those aspects of a system that can be computerized and those that will best serve the purpose if left alone. This will dissuade systems developers from being caught in the technology trap. The argument is conducted in the context of developing IT-based medical thesauri for drug use management.
authors.affiliation: Cranfield School of Management, Bedford, UK.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dhillon
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hackney
mesh_terms: D016303:Clinical Pharmacy Information Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017723:Drug Utilization Review; D006801:Humans; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000188:drug therapy; D012660:Semantics; D013222:State Medicine; D006113:United Kingdom; D018875:Vocabulary, Controlled