Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare > Volume 6, Number 6 > Pp. 339-342

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Preliminary Communication

Remote access to an expert system for infectious diseases

Y Tountas, G Saroglou, S Frissiras, A Vatopoulos and F Salaminios

Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, Athens; Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Medical School, University of Athens; First Internal Medicine Department, Evagelismos Hospital, Athens, Greece; Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, Athens; Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, Athens; Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Medical School, University of Athens; Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, Athens
An expert-system antibiotic information database was developed in order to help non-specialist doctors to choose the appropriate treatment for patients with infectious diseases. Fifty doctors conducted a pilot trial of the database, using modem access and the telephone network. During an eight-month study period, 1053 queries were received. The range of duration of the queries was 130-350s. Of the queries, 473 (45%) were for particular patients with an infectious disease. The response rate to a questionnaire mailed out to the users at the end of the project was 100%. All doctors, even those who had limited experience with computers, found it easy to understand and to use the database.

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