Methods Inf Med 2003; 42(03): 212-219
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1634353
Original article
Schattauer GmbH

Semi-Automatic Generation of Medical Tele-Expert Opinion for Primary Care Physician

E. Biermann
1   Institute for Diabetes Research, Munich, Germany
,
J. Rihl
1   Institute for Diabetes Research, Munich, Germany
,
M. Schenker
1   Institute for Diabetes Research, Munich, Germany
,
E. Standl
1   Institute for Diabetes Research, Munich, Germany
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Publication History

Received 11 March 2002

Accepted 12 June 2002

Publication Date:
07 February 2018 (online)

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Summary

Objectives: A computer-based system has been developed for the generation of medical expert opinions on the insulin-resistance syndrome, based on clinical data obtained from primary care physicians.

Methods: An expert opinion for each patient was generated by using a decision tree for entering individual text modules and by adding optional free text. The expert opinions were returned by e-mail, telefax or by ordinary mail.

Results: 1389 primary care physician sent anonymous data sets and requested expert opinions for a total of 3768 patients. Through the set up of a rule-based system an automation of the generation of the expert opinions could be achieved and the generation time dropped from initially 40 minutes to less than 5 minutes at the end.

Conclusions: By using predefined text modules and a rule based system, a large number of medical expert opinions can be generated with relatively few additional resources.