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.
Keywords:
Terminology - Drug Knowledge Base - Computerized Drug Prescription - Computerized
Drug Prescription - Decision Support