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Evidence-based Knowledge Synthesis and Hypothesis Validation: Navigating Biomedical Knowledge Bases via Explainable AI and Agentic Systems
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Evidence-based Knowledge Synthesis and Hypothesis Validation: Navigating Biomedical Knowledge Bases via Explainable AI and Agentic Systems

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Terminology challenges implementing the HL7 context-aware knowledge retrieval ('Infobutton') standard.

Howard R Strasberg1, Guilherme Del Fiol, James J Cimino

  • 1Wolters Kluwer Health, Sunnyvale, CA, USA. howard.strasberg@wolterskluwer.com

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA
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Summary
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Point-of-care information needs are often unmet. This study explores challenges and strategies for knowledge resources to effectively use the Health Level Seven (HL7) Context-Aware Knowledge Retrieval (Infobutton) standard for better clinical decision support.

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Area of Science:

  • Health Informatics
  • Clinical Decision Support Systems
  • Information Retrieval

Background:

  • Point-of-care information needs are common but frequently unmet in clinical practice.
  • Infobuttons provide context-sensitive links from electronic health records (EHR) to knowledge resources.
  • The Health Level Seven (HL7) Context-Aware Knowledge Retrieval (Infobutton) standard aims to standardize this integration.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To describe challenges knowledge resources face in retrieving relevant content using HL7 Infobutton requests.
  • To discuss various content retrieval approaches for Infobuttons.
  • To guide knowledge resource developers in implementing the HL7 Infobutton standard.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of challenges in mapping Infobutton context attributes to knowledge resource content.
  • Discussion of content retrieval strategies including standardized coding, text-based search engines, and hybrid approaches.
  • Consideration of precision/recall trade-offs in information retrieval.

Main Results:

  • Knowledge resources face difficulties in accurately interpreting and utilizing Infobutton context attributes for content retrieval.
  • Effective retrieval requires careful consideration of indexing, search algorithms, and hybrid methods.
  • No single retrieval approach guarantees optimal results; context-specific tuning is necessary.

Conclusions:

  • Implementing the HL7 Infobutton standard requires knowledge resources to address significant content retrieval challenges.
  • Developers must balance precision and recall, considering business rules and heuristics for optimal performance.
  • Further research and development are needed to refine Infobutton retrieval mechanisms for improved clinical decision support.