Health Informatics for Traditional Chinese Medicine

Speaker: Anthony Maeder1, Heidi Bjering2, Athula Ginige3

Affiliation: University of Western Sydney1, University of Western Sydney2, University of Western Sydney3

Time: Monday 15/08/2011 from 14:00 to 15:00

Venue: Access Grid UWS. Presented from Parramatta (EB.1.32), accessible from Campbelltown (26.1.50) and Penrith (Y239).

Abstract: As yet there is not an internationally coordinated and planned approach to the adoption of Information Technology in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). Adoption of some of the techniques developed for electronic support of Western Medicine, such as standardized terminologies, data structuring methods, systems design and decision support could be beneficial. We will present some background on the process of TCM diagnosis and treatment, and show how this can be mapped to a patient consultation and treatment records system. A case study of a prototype system being developed at UWS will be presented.

Biography1: Anthony is a Professor of Health Informatics in the School of Computing, Engineering and Mathematics.

Biography2: Heidi is an Associate Lecturer with the School of Computing and Mathematics

Biography3: Athula is a Professor with the School of Computing and Mathematics