Osteoporosis Diagnosis Aplication

Abstract

The background of this research is that there are only few orthopedists at the General Hospital of Bengkulu province Indonesia, so that many patients with osteoporosis can not be treated immediately. The researcher uses orthopedist’s knowledge as expert. The purpose of this research is to design application and develop Forward Chaining method by combining unity, rules and conclusion fact. Furthermore, the researcher examines the information’s truth that can be used as conclusion of patient diagnosis. To make the application the researcher uses Java Net beans IDE 7.0 and MySQL as the data base. One of the results of this research is Osteoporosis Diagnosis Application that can be used by patient without directly consulting with doctor. The appeared information can also be used as initial information to consult with orthopedist if needed; patient also gets knowledge about osteoporosis. Key Words: Osteoporosis, Forward Chaining, NetBeans IDE 7.0, MySQL