scholarly journals Evaluation of a Fuzzy Ontology-Based Medical Information System

2011 ◽  
pp. 1049-1059
Author(s):  
David Parry
Keyword(s):  
Medical Information ◽  
Point Of Care ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Medical Information System ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Unified Medical Language System ◽  
Fuzzy Ontology ◽  
High Quality Information ◽  
High Level ◽  
Based Medicine

Evidence-based medicine (EBM) requires appropriate information to be available to clinicians at the point of care. Electronic sources of information may fulfill this need but require a high level of skill to use successfully. This paper describes the rationale and initial testing of a system to allow collaborative search and ontology construction for professional groups in the health sector. The approach is based around the use of a browser using a fuzzy ontology based on the National Library of Medicine (NLM) Unified Medical Language System (UMLS). This approach may provide high quality information for professionals in the future.

scholarly journals Evaluation of a Fuzzy Ontology-Based Medical Information System

2011 ◽  
pp. 1494-1505
Author(s):  
David Parry
Keyword(s):  
Medical Information ◽  
Point Of Care ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Medical Information System ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Unified Medical Language System ◽  
Fuzzy Ontology ◽  
High Quality Information ◽  
High Level ◽  
Based Medicine

Evidence-based medicine (EBM) requires appropriate information to be available to clinicians at the point of care. Electronic sources of information may fulfill this need but require a high level of skill to use successfully. This paper describes the rationale and initial testing of a system to allow collaborative search and ontology construction for professional groups in the health sector. The approach is based around the use of a browser using a fuzzy ontology based on the National Library of Medicine (NLM) Unified Medical Language System (UMLS). This approach may provide high quality information for professionals in the future.

Evaluation of a Tool to Enhance Searching for Useful Medical Information on the Internet

2011 ◽  
pp. 330-343
Author(s):  
David Parry
Keyword(s):  
Medical Information ◽  
Point Of Care ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Unified Medical Language System ◽  
Professional Groups ◽  
Medical Language ◽  
High Quality Information ◽  
High Level ◽  
Based Medicine

Evidence-based medicine (EBM) requires appropriate information to be available to clinicians at the point of care. Electronic sources of information may fulfill this need but require a high level of skill to use successfully. This chapter describes the rationale and initial testing of a system to allow collaborative searching and ontology construction for professional groups in the health sector. The approach is based around the use of a browser using a fuzzy ontology based on the National library of medicine (NLM) unified medical language system (UMLS). The results suggest that a tool that can assist users in finding information by recording their preferences and preferred meaning of text words can be usable by healthcare professionals. This approach may provide high-quality information for professionals in the future.

Clinical Evidence at the Point of Care in Acute Medicine: A Handheld Usability Case Study

2002 ◽  
Vol 46 (16) ◽  
pp. 1409-1413 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harumi Takeshita ◽  
Dianne Davis ◽  
Sharon E. Straus
Keyword(s):  
Medical Information ◽  
Point Of Care ◽  
Daily Practice ◽  
Clinical Decision ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
User Requirement ◽  
Medical Information Retrieval ◽  
Wireless Environment ◽  
Based Medicine

The need to design medical information device interfaces for clinical use has been well documented in medical journals. In this study we apply well known usability techniques such as user requirement elicitation and prototype design and evaluation to design an evidence-based medical information retrieval system intended for a wireless environment. Our immediate goal is to make the daily practice of evidence-based medicine (EBM) for frontline clinicians easier by providing relevant, timely information at the point of care (using a wireless PDA device), delivered in a format that is usable and liked by the target group. Our objective is to use this evidence-based information delivery tool as an educational device and to encourage clinicians to consult, as appropriate, the latest best evidence available to support their clinical decision in hopes of improving clinical outcomes. The development of a handheld user interface for clinicians is described, along with results obtained from usability testing with a sample set of scenarios.

Representation of Practice Guidelines with XML – Modeling with XML Schema

2002 ◽  
Vol 41 (04) ◽  
pp. 305-312 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Schweiger ◽  
J. Dudeck ◽  
S. Hoelzer
Keyword(s):  
Practice Guidelines ◽  
Medical Information ◽  
Point Of Care ◽  
Information Access ◽  
Xml Schema ◽  
Specific Information ◽  
Text Documents ◽  
Extensible Markup ◽  
Data Elements ◽  
Based Medicine

Summary Objectives: Data and information in medicine are mainly represented in slightly structured or even unstructured, narrative text documents. It is nearly impossible to detect and handle relationships between data elements within narrative documents or to retrieve parts of documents that contain specific information. But information access and retrieval are essential to serve the delivery and application of evidence-based medicine. Methods: The eXtensible Markup Language (XML) provides a standard means to explicitly describe a document‘s structure and to identify meaningful elements inside textual narrations. Information about the state-of-the-art medical care can be delivered to the physician by different means and media. Clinical practice guidelines are thought to be one possible solution to summarize and present current medical evidence. Results: The structuring of resources containing medical information with XML can facilitate the provision of problem-specific medical information at the point of care by improving content retrieval and presentation. In our project, the XML Schema is used for the electronic representation in order to structure guidelines (and other text-based resources) in a standardized way. Conclusion: The transition from unstructured textual data towards structured and coded data will be a migration process. One of the premises of our approach is that the structure that is defined by the information model doesn‘t restrict the content of the documents. This approach may fill the gap between computerized, algorithmic guideline recommendations and text-based guideline distributions.

scholarly journals Analysis of Innovative Potential in Healthcare Management of the Republic of Azerbaijan

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Farhad Rahmanov ◽  
Elchin Suleymanov
Keyword(s):  
Medical Care ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Medical Information ◽  
Medical Science ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Medical Personnel ◽  
Healthcare Management ◽  
Medical Information System ◽  
Medical Care System ◽  
National Programs

In the paper we have studied the progress and results of reforms in the healthcare system of Azerbaijan, the role of national programs for the modernization of various health sectors in strengthening public health in context of the problems facing the Azerbaijani economy. A notable progress is being made in the transformation of the delivery system medical care for the population over the years of reform. Particular attention is paid to the issues of medical science, improving the system of training medical personnel, increasing the reliability of medical data, and the introduction of information and communication technologies in the health sector. There is a need to develop and implement a model of the medical information system for medical institutions as a key element in the development of priority national health programs. The paper pays attention to the improvement of the organization, management, and financial support of the medical care system. In this regard, it is noted that it is necessary to apply the most effective ways of organizing medical care and using the available resource potential based on the introduction of innovative management technologies.

scholarly journals Peculiarities of forming human resources in the healthcare system of the Republic of Tajikistan during the period of reforms

2021 ◽  
pp. 40-48
Author(s):  
N. T. Mirzoali
Keyword(s):  
Healthcare System ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Medical Information ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Legal Documents ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Pharmaceutical Education ◽  
Republican Center

Aim. To analyze trends in the number and structure of physicians in the healthcare system of the Republic of Tajikistan during the period of healthcare reform.Materials and methods. The sources of information were the official data of the Republican Center for Statistics and Medical Information, the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of the Population of the Republic of Tajikistan (MoHSP), departments of science, medical and pharmaceutical education, and the personnel department of the MoHSP, and other regulatory legal documents.Results and discussion. In 2019 there were 19,268 doctors active in the health sector, which is 20.7 doctors per 10,000 population. In 2019, there were only 76 private health facilities (WHO, 2020).Conclusions. The even geographic distribution of health workers appears to be one of the challenges in improving access to healthcare in Tajikistan.

Current Status of a Medical Information System

1970 ◽  
Vol 09 (03) ◽  
pp. 149-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Van Brunt ◽  
L. S. Davis ◽  
J. F. Terdiman ◽  
S. Singer ◽  
E. Besag ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Medical Records ◽  
Medical Information ◽  
Clinical Laboratory ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Medical Data ◽  
Direct Access ◽  
Medical Information System ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Central System

A pilot medical information system is being implemented and currently is providing services for limited categories of patient data. In one year, physicians’ diagnoses for 500,000 office visits, 300,000 drug prescriptions for outpatients, one million clinical laboratory tests, and 60,000 multiphasic screening examinations are being stored in and retrieved from integrated, direct access, patient computer medical records.This medical information system is a part of a long-term research and development program. Its major objective is the development of a multifacility computer-based system which will support eventually the medical data requirements of a population of one million persons and one thousand physicians. The strategy employed provides for modular development. The central system, the computer-stored medical records which are therein maintained, and a satellite pilot medical data system in one medical facility are described.

Coordinating Medical Literature with Patient Care

1977 ◽  
Vol 16 (04) ◽  
pp. 234-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joann Gustafson ◽  
J. Nelson ◽  
Ann Buller
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Medical Staff ◽  
Medical Information ◽  
Medical Literature ◽  
Medical Information System ◽  
Staff Members ◽  
Information Displays ◽  
Medical Displays ◽  
Computerized Medical Information ◽  
The Given

The contribution of a special library project to a computerized problem-oriented medical information system (PROMIS) is discussed. Medical information displays developed by the PROMIS medical staff are accessible to the health care provider via touch screen cathode terminals. Under PROMIS, members of the library project developed two information services, one concerned with the initial building of the medical displays and the other with the updating of this information. Information from 88 medical journals is disseminated to physicians involved in the building of the medical displays. Articles meeting predetermined selection criteria are abstracted and the abstracts are made available by direct selective dissemination or via a problem-oriented abstract file. The updating service involves comparing the information contained in the selected articles with the computerized medical displays on the given topic. Discrepancies are brought to the attention of PROMIS medical staff members who evaluate the information and make appropriate changes in the displays. Thus a feedback loop is maintained which assures the completeness, accuracy, and currency of the computerized medical information. The development of this library project and its interface with the computerized health care system thus attempts to deal with the problems in the generation, validation, dissemination, and application of medical literature.

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