With an aging population, chronic disease is rapidly becoming the major focus for the health care system as it affects the physical, emotional and mental well-being of individuals. Chronic disease management is a systematic approach offering real opportunities for improving the service quality for people with chronic disease. It can be delivered more effectively and efficiently if the providers are supported with knowledge-based resources and external expertise in the form of computer decision support. Increasing uptake of electronic medical records (EMRs) offers valuable opportunities for analysis and quality assurance of clinical practice; but making appropriate inferences about chronic disease management in non-trivial. / Thesis (PhD)--University of South Australia, 2006.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ADTP/267201 |
| Creators | Gadzhanova, Svetla. |
| Source Sets | Australiasian Digital Theses Program |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Rights | copyright under review |
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