E-Health Care Information Systems: An Introduction for Students and Professionals

CHAPTER TEN

E-DIAGNOSIS SUPPORT SYSTEMS

An E-DSS for Lower Back Pain

Lin Lin, Paul Jen-Hwa Hu, Olivia R. Liu Sheng, Joseph Tan

I. Learning Objectives

II. Introduction

A. Overview of Lower Back Pain

B. The SOAP Process

III. Designing an E-Diagnosis Support System for Lower Back Pain: Key Challenging Characteristics

A. Diagnosis Involving Uncertainty

B. Clinical Decision Making Involving Multiple Diagnoses

C. Completeness of a Clinical Diagnosis Support System

IV. A Web-Based e-Diagnosis Support System for Lower Back Pain

A. E-DSS System Architecture

B. Knowledge Acquisition and Representation

C. Knowledge Inference

V. A Framework for Evaluation ...