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The last five years has seen rapid growth in the interest in medical expert systems. From some technical points of view expert systems are new. However most medical expert systems are just decision support systems, designed to help doctors diagnose and manage disease more rationally and more efficiently. Decision support systems are not new.
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Fox, J. (1984). Expert systems: towards a routine technology. In: Roger, F.H., Willems, J.L., O’Moore, R.R., Barber, B. (eds) Medical Informatics Europe 84. Lecture Notes in Medical Informatics, vol 24. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-93264-9_4
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