The application of IT research and development to support
health and medicine is an emerging research area with
significant potential. Major initiatives to improve the quality,
accuracy and timeliness of healthcare data and information
delivery are emerging all over the world. The Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) [11], of the US
Department of Health Services (HHS), awarded grants and
contracts to promote the use of health information
technology. Computerized systems including expert systems
have been used to carry out efficient and effective data
processing on complex problems to support various problem
domains since the 1970’s. Jackson[12] defines an expert
system as a “…computing system capable of representing
and reasoning about some knowledge–rich domain, such as
internal medicine or geology, with a view to solving
problems and giving advice.”. Since the advent of artificial
intelligence in the 1970’s which saw the birth of expert
systems, various domains have taken advantage of this
technology. The most popular application has been in the
area of health and medicine. MYCIN [12], developed in
1970 at the Stanford University, is one of the most popular
medical expert system used to assist to diagnose and treat
blood diseases. MYCIN was the pioneer in demonstrating
how a system can be used to successfully perform medical
diagnosis.
The application of IT research and development to supporthealth and medicine is an emerging research area withsignificant potential. Major initiatives to improve the quality,accuracy and timeliness of healthcare data and informationdelivery are emerging all over the world. The Agency forHealthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) [11], of the USDepartment of Health Services (HHS), awarded grants andcontracts to promote the use of health informationtechnology. Computerized systems including expert systemshave been used to carry out efficient and effective dataprocessing on complex problems to support various problemdomains since the 1970’s. Jackson[12] defines an expertsystem as a “…computing system capable of representingand reasoning about some knowledge–rich domain, such asinternal medicine or geology, with a view to solvingproblems and giving advice.”. Since the advent of artificialintelligence in the 1970’s which saw the birth of expertsystems, various domains have taken advantage of thistechnology. The most popular application has been in thearea of health and medicine. MYCIN [12], developed in1970 at the Stanford University, is one of the most popularmedical expert system used to assist to diagnose and treatblood diseases. MYCIN was the pioneer in demonstratinghow a system can be used to successfully perform medicaldiagnosis.
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