Using ontologies to retrieve health evidence information from clinical notes

Authors

  • Jan Carl Beeck-Pepper University of Campinas
  • Ivan Luiz Marques Ricarte School of Technology University of Campinas

Keywords:

Evidence-Based Medicine, Health Information Systems, Knowledge Bases, Decision Support Techniques

Abstract

Objective: To present a strategy to search evidence databases directly from clinical notes, thus relieving health professionals from performing searches. Method: An ontology related to health domain, specifically for the domain of adult asthma, was developed to illustrate how to extract search terms from clinical notes. Another ontology was developed to describe evidence databases. Results: Synthetic notes, simulating clinical conditions for patients with respiratory diseases, were used to search information from two evidence databases, PubMed and PEDro. SPARQL queries were automatically generated to connect both ontologies. Conclusion: This scenario demonstrated how to search for evidence from electronic health records notes, helping health professionals to receive relevant information while they assist patients.

Author Biographies

Jan Carl Beeck-Pepper, University of Campinas

M.Sc., School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Campinas

Ivan Luiz Marques Ricarte, School of Technology University of Campinas

Full Professor, School of Technology, University of Campinas

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Published

2016-11-17

How to Cite

Beeck-Pepper, J. C., & Ricarte, I. L. M. (2016). Using ontologies to retrieve health evidence information from clinical notes. Journal of Health Informatics, 8(4). Retrieved from https://jhi.sbis.org.br/index.php/jhi-sbis/article/view/422

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 4 (2016)

Section

Original Articles

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