Health Evaluation through Logical Programming (HELP)

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Health Evaluation through Logical Programming (HELP) was designed by Gardner, Pryor, and Warner [Gardner RM 1999]. The original system was developed at the LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah, and has been active since 1967. The parent organization is now known at Intermountain Health Care (IHC). The original focus of the system was better understanding of how circulation is controlled. It was used in the cardiac cath lab, and then extended into the operating room and ICU. Eventually it became a hospital wide system, and then at 9 system hospitals.

The real addition of this system was using the computer to aid decision-making, such as recognition of cardiac tamponade, by analysis of patient results. It also supports selection of appropriate antibiotics in case of infectitious diseases. Clinical decision support also predicts and prevents many adverse drug events (ADE's).


References

Gardner RM, Pryor TA, Warner HR. The HELP hospital information system: update 1998. International Journal of Medical Informatics 54(1999)169-182.

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