Web-Based Decision Support System for Prescription in Herbal Medicine Ogirima ,

This paper presents an integrated method to develop a Web-based Decision Support Systems (DSS) for prescription in herbal medicine. Review of existing research works in herbal medicine revealed that the potential of web platforms was exploited to aid herbal medicine survival. In light of this, an architectural framework of the proposed system was developed. First, a pilot study, in which a number of personal unstructured interviews with health service providers and patients, was conducted. This was done to discuss the purpose of the research study. The framework was evaluated based on the users’ assessment to determine the efficiency of the proposed system in terms of ease of usage, reliability and relevance of the system. The proposed system is self diagnostic and does not only have a role to play in enhancing decision making but also in the study of diagnostic protocol, self-assessment and quality control in the domain of herbal prescription ________________________________________________________________________________________