SemMed: Applying Semantic Web to Medical Recommendation Systems

The systematic method used to identify diseases is a called differential diagnosis (DDx). It is mostly used by healthcare professionals to diagnose a specific disease in a patient. If the disease is diagnosed, the method could be used to recommend the medications in order to receive treatment. The goal of the current paper is to design a system based on Semantic Web Technologies to a system with the capability to assist healthcare professionals regarding the possible medication or drug to prescribe, according to following fundamental selection criteria.