HyperCare: A Prototype of an Active Database for Compliance with Essential Hypertension Therapy Guidelines

HyperCare is a prototype of a decision support system for essential hypertension care management. The medical knowledge implemented in HyperCare derives from the guidelines for the management of mild hypertension of the World Health Organization/International Society of Hypertension, 1 and from the recommendations of the United States Joint National Committee on Detection, Evaluation and Treatment of High Blood Pressure. 2 HyperCare has been implemented using Chimera, 3 an active database language developed at the Politecnico di Milano. HyperCare proves the possibility to use active database systems in developing a medical data-intensive application where inferential elaboration of moderate complexity is required.