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Lessons learned from a pilot implementation of the UMLS information sources map

P L Miller1, S J Frawley, L Wright

  • 1Center for Medical Informatics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA.

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA
|March 1, 1995
PubMed
Summary

Developing an information sources map (ISM) knowledge base (KB) and navigational tools presents unique software design challenges for accessing biomedical information. Key lessons learned highlight complexities in seamless access, content coding, and institutional customization.

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Area of Science:

  • Medical Informatics
  • Knowledge Management
  • Software Engineering

Background:

  • Medical users require efficient access to network-based information sources for biomedical questions.
  • Existing systems may not adequately address the complexities of navigating diverse and heterogeneous information resources.
  • The Unified Medical Language System (UMLS) project aims to integrate and improve access to biomedical information.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore software design issues in implementing an operational information sources map (ISM) knowledge base (KB).
  • To develop navigational tools to aid medical users in accessing relevant network-based information sources.
  • To address the challenges of creating a user-friendly system for retrieving and interacting with biomedical information.

Main Methods:

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  • Developed a pilot biomedical ISM KB and client-server software (ISM/Explorer) as part of the NLM's UMLS project.
  • Enabled users to specify and constrain searches for biomedical questions.
  • Provided options for retrieving source information, regrouping search results, and automatic connection to sources.

Main Results:

  • The pilot system, containing 121 sources, is in routine use at approximately 40 workstations.
  • Key findings include the importance of seamless access to diverse source versions and the difficulty of cross-platform compatibility.
  • Significant complexities were identified in coding electronic resource content, customizing for multiple institutions, and balancing search specification with result viewing.

Conclusions:

  • An operational ISM KB and navigational tools have been successfully constructed.
  • The development process revealed complexities in this new environment, distinct from those encountered with Gopher, WAIS, WWW, and MOSAIC.
  • Further research and development are needed to optimize the design and evaluation of such systems for medical users.