title: Development of an intelligent laboratory information system for community health promotion center.
abstract: This study aimed to develop an Intelligent Laboratory Information System (ILIS) for the community health promotion center in Kwachun city to help process an increasing number of laboratory test data in an efficient manner, and to support the clinical decision-making of public health doctors. A sample of 170 cases was used for validation of the system. Overall, the system correctly predicted 92.5% of the cases. This paper also analyzed the economic feasibility of the ILIS based on the Information Economics approach. The results showed that the ILIS not only helps screen more people by increasing the capacity of a health promotion center, but also brings in more revenue to the center.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Health Science and Management, Yonsei University, Seoul, 120-749, Korea. ymchae@yumc.yonsei.ac.kr
authors.forename: Y M
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Chae
authors.forename: H S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: M Y
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Bae
authors.forename: G H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Bae
authors.forename: J O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Ahn
mesh_terms: D002984:Clinical Laboratory Information Systems; D003153:Community Health Services; D003658:Decision Making, Computer-Assisted; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity