TOWARDS SEMANTIC SEARCH AND INFERENCE IN ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS

Towards semantic search and inference in electronic medical records: An approach using concept--based information retrieval.

BACKGROUND This paper presents a novel approach to searching electronic medical records that is based on concept matching rather than keyword matching. AIM The concept-based approach is intended to overcome specific challenges we identified in searching medical records. METHOD Queries and documents were transformed from their term-based originals into medical concepts as defined by the SNOM...

First steps towards semantic descriptions of electronic laboratory notebook records

In order to exploit the vast body of currently inaccessible chemical information held in Electronic Laboratory Notebooks (ELNs) it is necessary not only to make it available but also to develop protocols for discovery, access and ultimately automatic processing. An aim of the Dial-a-Molecule Grand Challenge Network is to be able to draw on the body of accumulated chemical knowledge in order to ...

How to Standardize Electronic Medical Records

Introduction: One of the key elements of success of health institutions is Standardization. This study introduces the methods and stages of electronic medical records standardization. Methods: The present study is a narrative review of the studies on the stages and methods of electronic medical records standardization. Results: The process of standardization of electronic medical records incl...

Electronic medical records

The importance of medical records in health care delivery has been recognised for a long time. Its relevance to patient care and health administration was documented by Florence Nightingale in 1873 a book entitled Notes on a Hospital. Health care is a continuous process in which data is progressively accumulated, therefore the record must function as a ‘pre-birth to post-death system that meets...

Electronic Medical Records 1 Running Head: EMR’S AND NURSING EFFICIENCY Electronic Medical Records and Nursing Efficiency