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Area of Science:

  • Medical Informatics
  • Computational Linguistics
  • Cardiology

Background:

  • Effective communication in healthcare relies on understanding medical terminology.
  • Discrepancies between specialist and lay medical vocabulary can lead to misunderstandings, particularly in specialized fields like cardiology.
  • Existing tools may not adequately bridge the gap between technical medical terms and common language.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To present the development of a software application named "lexicons connecting" system.
  • To establish an effective and unambiguous correlation between specialist and familiar medical vocabulary within the cardiovascular domain.
  • To demonstrate a practical solution for improving medical terminology comprehension.

Main Methods:

  • Examination of research methodologies including domain ontologies development.
  • Database design and implementation for managing medical lexicons.
  • Software application development focusing on correlating specialized and common medical terms.

Main Results:

  • Successful development of the "lexicons connecting" system.
  • Demonstration of unambiguous correlation between specialist and lay cardiovascular medical vocabulary.
  • Validation of the system's utility through a practical application example.

Conclusions:

  • The "lexicons connecting" system effectively bridges the vocabulary gap in cardiology.
  • The developed software facilitates clearer communication between medical professionals and patients.
  • Future work will focus on expanding the system's domain coverage and enhancing its features.