Related Experiment Video
Updated: Jun 28, 2026
07:35
A Knowledge Graph Approach to Elucidate the Role of Organellar Pathways in Disease via Biomedical Reports
Published on: October 13, 2023
Supporting ontology-based keyword search over medical databases
Anastasios Kementsietsidis1, Lipyeow Lim, Min Wang
1IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, 19 Skyline Drive, Hawthorne, NY 10532, USA.
AMIA ... Annual Symposium Proceedings. AMIA Symposium
|November 13, 2008
Summary
Medical ontologies improve electronic health record (EHR) data sharing by enabling better keyword searches. This study explores ontology-based querying methods for EHR databases, offering best practices for improved information retrieval.
Area of Science:
- Health Informatics
- Medical Ontology
- Information Retrieval
Background:
- The increasing volume of medical terms complicates healthcare data sharing.
- Medical ontologies link terms but their use in querying electronic medical records (EMR) is underexplored.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate methods for supporting ontology-based keyword search queries on EMR databases.
- To evaluate different approaches for enhancing medical information retrieval using ontologies.
Main Methods:
- Development and analysis of several ontology-based query approaches.
- Comparative study of the advantages and limitations of each proposed method.
Main Results:
- Demonstration of various techniques for ontology-driven keyword searching in EMR.
- Identification of effective strategies and potential challenges in implementation.
Conclusions:
- Ontology-based querying significantly enhances the usability of EMR data.
- Best practices derived from this study can guide future development in medical informatics.
More Related Videos
Related Concept Videos
01:30Health Information Technology and Healthcare Information System
Health Information Technology (HIT)
Health Information Technology, commonly called HIT, integrates advanced information systems and technology in healthcare settings. Its primary functions include:
Health Information Technology, commonly called HIT, integrates advanced information systems and technology in healthcare settings. Its primary functions include:
01:20Anatomical Terminology
Knowledge of anatomy is essential to understand human biology and medicine. Anatomists and health care professionals use standard terminology to describe the human body with more precision and no ambiguity. Anatomical terms have mostly Greek and Latin-derived roots. Because these languages are rarely used in conversation, the meaning of words remains the same. Each term is made up of a root in between the prefixes and suffixes. The root of a term often refers to an organ, tissue, or condition,...
01:45ER Retrieval Pathway
In the secretory pathway, vesicles transport proteins from one cellular compartment to another in forward transport to deliver the protein to its correct location. Occasionally, misfolded proteins and incorrect proteins escape their original compartments, and a retrieval pathway is used to return the escaped proteins to their original compartment.
The ER uses many checkpoints to prevent the entry of incorrectly folded or a resident protein as cargo onto a transport vesicle. These mechanisms...
The ER uses many checkpoints to prevent the entry of incorrectly folded or a resident protein as cargo onto a transport vesicle. These mechanisms...
01:20Integrated Healthcare System
An integrated healthcare system (IHS) is a set of organizations that provides for or arranges to provide coordinated and continuous service to a defined population. The IHS takes responsibility for that particular population's health status and outcome, both clinically and fiscally. An integrated healthcare system is a well-organized, well-coordinated, and collaborative network. The integrated delivery system is a network that connects different healthcare providers to deliver organized,...
01:27Nursing Clinical Information System
Nursing Clinical Information System (NCIS)
A Nursing Clinical Information System (NCIS) is a specialized type of healthcare information system tailored to meet the unique needs of nursing practice. It incorporates the principles of nursing informatics to streamline information management and improve the quality of care delivery.
Critical attributes of NCIS include:
A Nursing Clinical Information System (NCIS) is a specialized type of healthcare information system tailored to meet the unique needs of nursing practice. It incorporates the principles of nursing informatics to streamline information management and improve the quality of care delivery.
Critical attributes of NCIS include:
02:02Genomics
Genomics is the science of genomes: it is the study of all the genetic material of an organism. In humans, the genome consists of information carried in 23 pairs of chromosomes in the nucleus, as well as mitochondrial DNA. In genomics, both coding and non-coding DNA is sequenced and analyzed. Genomics allows a better understanding of all living things, their evolution, and their diversity. It has a myriad of uses: for example, to build phylogenetic trees, to improve productivity and...