A hybrid knowledge-based approach to supporting the medical prescription for general practitioners: Real case in a Hong Kong medical center

摘要

ObjectiveWith the increased complexity and uncertainty in drug information, issuing medical prescriptions has become a vexing issue. As many as 240,000 medicines are available on the market, so this paper proposes a novel approach to the issuing of medical prescriptions. The proposed process will provide general practitioners (GPs) with medication advice and suggest a range of medicines for specific medical conditions by taking into consideration the collective pattern as well as the individual preferences of physicians’ prescription decisions.