Design and Implementation of TCM Constitution Clinical Decision Support System

In this paper, a TCM constitution clinical decision support system is introduced. The features, functions, structure and working flow of this system are discussed and illustrated in detail. This system is composed of 5 modules. They are query module, investigation construction module, investigation modification module, investigation deletion module and data analysis module respectively. The property information, constitution information and tongue feature information are collected through investigation construction module. The constitution types of the testers can be automatically recognized and the prescriptions related to specific constitutions are automatically produced. Through data analysis module, specificities and sensitivities between the specific constitutions and the tongue features can be automatically obtained. The implementation of this system is of important value and guiding function during the process of TCM clinical diagnoses and treatments.