title: A computer-assisted drug prescription system: the model and its implementation in the ATM knowledge base.
abstract: Informatisation of drug prescription is an important topic in medical informatics. For several years now, computerized drug databases have been implemented. Usually only a small part of the prescriptions can be stored in prescription systems because of the format of the included information; prescriptions contain essentially free text without any structure and homogeneity of the used vocabulary. In this article a model is presented for knowledge representation in a computerized drug prescription system. The model should be applicable to clinical practice and be didactic for medical students. The problem of standardization of terminology had to be solved. A computer-assisted drug prescription program has been developed. The next step is its validation by clinicians. The program can also be used in a consultation mode.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Informatics, Faculté de Médecine, Rennes, France. christine.riou@univ-rennesl.fr
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Riou
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pouliquen
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Le Beux
mesh_terms: D003628:Database Management Systems; D016208:Databases, Factual; D011307:Drug Prescriptions; D004360:Drug Therapy, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D018875:Vocabulary, Controlled