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The Oxford System of Medicine (OSM) is an experimental knowledge based system designed to satisfy requirements of information provision and decision support in general practice. A system of this type must address special problems caused by the wide medical scope of general practice; the variety of decisions taken by general practitioners, and the acute user-interface demands in this clinical setting. The aims of the OSM project, and the design and operation of the prototype are outlined. Three central aspects of the system are discussed: the user interface, organisation of the knowledge base, and the generalised approach to decision making developed during the project.
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Fox, J., Glowinski, A., O’Neil, M. (1987). The Oxford System of Medicine: A prototype information system for primary care. In: Fox, J., Fieschi, M., Engelbrecht, R. (eds) AIME 87. Lecture Notes in Medical Informatics, vol 33. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-95549-5_22
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