Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site umn-cs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!ihnp4!stolaf!umn-cs!smith From: smith@umn-cs.UUCP (Richard Smith) Newsgroups: net.ai Subject: Re: Diagnosing strategies for humans? Message-ID: <568@umn-cs.UUCP> Date: Fri, 19-Oct-84 21:00:25 EDT Article-I.D.: umn-cs.568 Posted: Fri Oct 19 21:00:25 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 21-Oct-84 15:40:53 EDT Sender: notes@umn-cs.UUCP Organization: Computer Science Dept., U of Minn, Mpls, MN Lines: 25 Nf-ID: #R:pucc-h:-133900:umn-cs:16400001:000:906 Nf-From: umn-cs!smith Oct 19 11:57:00 1984 [] In response to aam and his wife in vet school: Dr. Lawrence Weed wrote a book called something like "Problem Oriented Medical Diagnosis" that my wife vaguely remembers from medical school. She seems to remember positive things about the book, but we don't seem to have a copy of it around the house anywhere. Last summer we encountered a fellow in West Virginia who is using a software package on an IBM-PC called the "Problem Knowledge Coupler" (TM of 'PKC Corp') which claims to be an embodiment of Weed's work. This system claims to be somewhat related to the PROMIS system developed at some rural New England state university (U Vermont? UNH?). QUESTION TO THE REST OF US: Is anyone familiar with this work? My vague impression is that the 'automated' part may be little more than inspired use of a database of clinical articles. If anyone knows, I'd love to find out. Rick.