Developing a Rule-Based Expert System to Infer Customized Care Plans for Long Term Care Patients.

Journal: Studies in health technology and informatics
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Abstract

Systems of long-term care are needed in aging society to meet the needs of older people. In rapidly increasing demand for long-term care, how to ensure the quality of long-term care is an important issue. Therefore, we designed a rule-based expert system that automatically generates customized care plans based on the assessment results. Aims to provide health providers a useful tool in long term patients management.

Authors

  • Chih-Hsuan Yeh
    Department of Institute of Biomedical Informatics, National Yang-Ming Chiao-Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan.
  • Chiao-Ling Hsu
    Department of Institute of Biomedical Informatics, National Yang-Ming Chiao-Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan.
  • Polan Chang
    Department of Institute of Biomedical Informatics, National Yang-Ming Chiao-Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan.