scholarly journals Data Integration in the Brazilian Public Health System for Tuberculosis: Use of the Semantic Web to Establish Interoperability

10.2196/17176 ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (7) ◽  
pp. e17176
Author(s):  
Felipe Carvalho Pellison ◽  
Rui Pedro Charters Lopes Rijo ◽  
Vinicius Costa Lima ◽  
Nathalia Yukie Crepaldi ◽  
Filipe Andrade Bernardi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Semantic Web ◽  
Public Health System ◽  
Formal Ontology ◽  
Basic Formal Ontology ◽  
Use Case ◽  
Semantic Web Technology ◽  
Different Sources ◽  
Exchange Data ◽  
Existing Data

Background Interoperability of health information systems is a challenge due to the heterogeneity of existing systems at both the technological and semantic levels of their data. The lack of existing data about interoperability disrupts intra-unit and inter-unit medical operations as well as creates challenges in conducting studies on existing data. The goal is to exchange data while providing the same meaning for data from different sources. Objective To find ways to solve this challenge, this research paper proposes an interoperability solution for the tuberculosis treatment and follow-up scenario in Brazil using Semantic Web technology supported by an ontology. Methods The entities of the ontology were allocated under the definitions of Basic Formal Ontology. Brazilian tuberculosis applications were tagged with entities from the resulting ontology. Results An interoperability layer was developed to retrieve data with the same meaning and in a structured way enabling semantic and functional interoperability. Conclusions Health professionals could use the data gathered from several data sources to enhance the effectiveness of their actions and decisions, as shown in a practical use case to integrate tuberculosis data in the State of São Paulo.

scholarly journals Data Integration in the Brazilian Public Health System for Tuberculosis: Use of the Semantic Web to Establish Interoperability (Preprint)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Felipe Carvalho Pellison ◽  
Rui Pedro Charters Lopes Rijo ◽  
Vinicius Costa Lima ◽  
Nathalia Yukie Crepaldi ◽  
Filipe Andrade Bernardi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Semantic Web ◽  
Public Health System ◽  
Formal Ontology ◽  
Basic Formal Ontology ◽  
Use Case ◽  
Semantic Web Technology ◽  
Different Sources ◽  
Exchange Data ◽  
Existing Data

BACKGROUND Interoperability of health information systems is a challenge due to the heterogeneity of existing systems at both the technological and semantic levels of their data. The lack of existing data about interoperability disrupts intra-unit and inter-unit medical operations as well as creates challenges in conducting studies on existing data. The goal is to exchange data while providing the same meaning for data from different sources. OBJECTIVE To find ways to solve this challenge, this research paper proposes an interoperability solution for the tuberculosis treatment and follow-up scenario in Brazil using Semantic Web technology supported by an ontology. METHODS The entities of the ontology were allocated under the definitions of Basic Formal Ontology. Brazilian tuberculosis applications were tagged with entities from the resulting ontology. RESULTS An interoperability layer was developed to retrieve data with the same meaning and in a structured way enabling semantic and functional interoperability. CONCLUSIONS Health professionals could use the data gathered from several data sources to enhance the effectiveness of their actions and decisions, as shown in a practical use case to integrate tuberculosis data in the State of São Paulo.

scholarly journals An Ontological Approach to Enhancing Information Sharing in Disaster Response

Information ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (10) ◽  
pp. 432
Author(s):  
Linda Elmhadhbi ◽  
Mohamed-Hedi Karray ◽  
Bernard Archimède ◽  
J. Neil Otte ◽  
Barry Smith
Keyword(s):  
Common Core ◽  
Disaster Response ◽  
Formal Ontology ◽  
Basic Formal Ontology ◽  
Use Case ◽  
Emergency Responders ◽  
Ontological Approach ◽  
The Common ◽  
Complex Knowledge ◽  
Core Ontologies

Managing complex disaster situations is a challenging task because of the large number of actors involved and the critical nature of the events themselves. In particular, the different terminologies and technical vocabularies that are being exchanged among Emergency Responders (ERs) may lead to misunderstandings. Maintaining a shared semantics for exchanged data is a major challenge. To help to overcome these issues, we elaborate a modular suite of ontologies called POLARISCO that formalizes the complex knowledge of the ERs. Such a shared vocabulary resolves inconsistent terminologies and promotes semantic interoperability among ERs. In this work, we discuss developing POLARISCO as an extension of Basic Formal Ontology (BFO) and the Common Core Ontologies (CCO). We conclude by presenting a real use-case to check the efficiency and applicability of the proposed ontology.

Using ISO and Semantic Web standard for building a multilingual terminology e-Dictionary: A use case of Chinese ceramic vases

2021 ◽  
pp. 016555152110221
Author(s):  
Tong Wei ◽  
Christophe Roche ◽  
Maria Papadopoulou ◽  
Yangli Jia
Keyword(s):  
Semantic Web ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Use Case ◽  
Knowledge Infrastructure ◽  
Ming And Qing Dynasties ◽  
New Perspective ◽  
Digital Protection ◽  
Protection Of Cultural Heritage

Cultural heritage is the legacy of physical artefacts and intangible attributes of a group or society that is inherited from past generations. Terminology is a tool for the dissemination and communication of cultural heritage. The lack of clearly identified terminologies is an obstacle to communication and knowledge sharing. Especially, for experts with different languages, it is difficult to understand what the term refers to only through terms. Our work aims to respond to this issue by implementing practices drawn from the Semantic Web and ISO Terminology standards (ISO 704 and ISO 1087-1) and more particularly, by building in a W3C format ontology as knowledge infrastructure to construct a multilingual terminology e-Dictionary. The Chinese ceramic vases of the Ming and Qing dynasties are the application cases of our work. The method of building ontology is the ‘term-and-characteristic guided method’, which follows the ISO principles of Terminology. The main result of this work is an online terminology e-Dictionary. The terminology e-Dictionary could help archaeologists communicate and understand the concepts denoted by terms in different languages and provide a new perspective based on ontology for the digital protection of cultural heritage. The e-Dictionary was published at http://www.dh.ketrc.com/e-dictionary.html .

Dynamic faceted navigation in decision making using Semantic Web technology

2014 ◽  
Vol 61 ◽  
pp. 59-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hak-Jin Kim ◽  
Yongjun Zhu ◽  
Wooju Kim ◽  
Taimao Sun
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Semantic Web ◽  
Web Technology ◽  
Semantic Web Technology ◽  
Faceted Navigation

scholarly journals Preoperative multidisciplinary program for bariatric surgery: a proposal for the Brazilian Public Health System

2017 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elinton Adami CHAIM ◽  
José Carlos PAREJA ◽  
Martinho Antonio GESTIC ◽  
Murillo Pimentel UTRINI ◽  
Everton CAZZO
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Bariatric Surgery ◽  
Health System ◽  
Public Health System ◽  
Wound Dehiscence ◽  
Pulmonary Complications ◽  
Multidisciplinary Program ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Access To Surgery

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Bariatric surgery has become the gold standard treatment for morbid obesity, but access to surgery remains difficult and low compliance to postoperative follow-up is common. To improve outcomes, enable access and optimize follow-up, we developed a multidisciplinary preoperative approach for bariatric surgery. OBJECTIVE To determine the impact of this program in the outcomes of bariatric surgery in the Brazilian public health system. METHODS A prospective evaluation of the individuals who underwent a preoperative multidisciplinary program for bariatric surgery and comparison of their surgical outcomes with those observed in the prospectively collected historical database of the individuals who underwent surgery before the beginning of the program. RESULTS There were 176 individuals who underwent the multidisciplinary program and 226 who did not. Individuals who underwent the program had significantly lower occurrence of the following variables: hospital stay; wound dehiscence; wound infection; pulmonary complications; anastomotic leaks; pulmonary thromboembolism; sepsis; incisional hernias; eventrations; reoperations; and mortality. Both loss of follow-up and weight loss failure were also significantly lower in the program group. CONCLUSION The adoption of a comprehensive preoperative multidisciplinary approach led to significant improvements in the postoperative outcomes and also in the compliance to the postoperative follow-up. It represents a reproducible and potentially beneficial approach within the context of the Brazilian public health system.

Using Semantic Web Technology for Ubiquitous Location and Situation Modeling

Annals of GIS ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 157-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stahl Christoph ◽  
Heckmann Dominik
Keyword(s):  
Semantic Web ◽  
Web Technology ◽  
Semantic Web Technology
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