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Telederm: A Web-Based Decision Support System for Medical Practitioners

Telederm: A Web-Based Decision Support System for Medical Practitioners
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Author(s): Geoff West (Curtin University, Australia), Mihai Lazarescu (Curtin University, Australia)and Monica Ou (University, Australia)
Copyright: 2010
Pages: 23
Source title: Biomedical Knowledge Management: Infrastructures and Processes for E-Health Systems
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Wayne Pease (University of Southern Queensland, Australia), Malcolm Cooper (Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Japan)and Raj Gururajan (University of Southern Queensland, Australia)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-266-4.ch011

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Abstract

In this chapter we describe a web-based decision support system called Telederm that has been developed with the aim of helping general practitioners diagnose skin ailments from a knowledge base while allowing incremental updates of the knowledge base as cases occur. We outline the two major challenges in developing the Telederm system: developing a general practitioner query process that is easily accessible and building knowledge validation in a case-based reasoning system. We provide a detailed description of our approaches to address these problems which involve the use of artificial intelligence classification and reasoning techniques. The system was deployed in a large scale trial in the Eastern Goldfields of Western Australia and we present the results and feedback obtained from an evaluation by the general practitioners involved.

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