Fox J, Johns N, Rahmanzadeh A
Imperial Cancer Research Fund, London, UK.
Artif Intell Med. 1998 Sep-Oct;14(1-2):157-81. doi: 10.1016/s0933-3657(98)00021-9.
Medical knowledge is traditionally disseminated via the publication of documents and through participation in clinical practice. Information technology offers to extend both modes of dissemination, via electronic publishing and virtual reality training, for example. AI promises even more radical changes through the possibility of publishing clinical expertise in the form of expert systems, which assist patient care through active decision support and workflow management. PROforma is a knowledge representation language that is designed to support this new mode of dissemination. It is based on an intuitive model of the processes of care and well-understood logical semantics. This paper provides a description of the language and associated software tools, and discusses its potential roles in, and implications for, medical knowledge publishing.
传统上，医学知识是通过文献出版和参与临床实践来传播的。例如，信息技术通过电子出版和虚拟现实培训提供了扩展这两种传播方式的途径。人工智能有望带来更彻底的变革，因为有可能以专家系统的形式发布临床专业知识，通过积极的决策支持和工作流程管理来协助患者护理。PROforma是一种知识表示语言，旨在支持这种新的传播模式。它基于护理过程的直观模型和易于理解的逻辑语义。本文描述了该语言及相关软件工具，并讨论了其在医学知识出版中的潜在作用和影响。
