title: The development of an intelligent laboratory information system for a community health promotion centre.
abstract: This study aimed to develop an Intelligent Laboratory Information System (ILIS) for the community health promotion centre in Kwachun city to help process an increasing amount 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 analysed 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 centre, but also brings in more revenue to the centre.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Informatics, Graduate School of Health Science and Management, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea. ymchae@yumc.yonsei.ac.kr
authors.forename: Young Moon
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Chae
authors.forename: Hwan-Sub
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Ju Hon
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Mi Young
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Bae
authors.forename: Gyu Hyung
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D002984:Clinical Laboratory Information Systems / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003151:Community Health Centers / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007723:Korea; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D015980:Public Health Practice; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity