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An information model for medical events

D J Essin1, T L Lincoln

  • 1LAC+USC Medical Center.

Proceedings. Symposium on Computer Applications in Medical Care
|January 1, 1994
PubMed
Summary

Structured document standards offer a solution for electronic medical record systems. This approach enables better data extraction and summarization, improving information access for authorized users.

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Area of Science:

  • Computer Science
  • Medical Informatics

Background:

  • Traditional record-oriented databases lead to information loss.
  • Unstructured text presents challenges for data manipulation.
  • Emerging document structuring standards address these limitations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose a document-based Electronic Medical Record System (EMRS).
  • To define an information model for EMRS documents.
  • To enable advanced data extraction and summarization.

Main Methods:

  • Leveraging new robust standards for document structuring.
  • Developing an information model for direct and contextual document content.
  • Applying inferential techniques for knowledge extraction and data aggregation.

Main Results:

  • A foundation for a flexible Electronic Medical Record System.
  • Formal structures for recording both factual and contextual information.
  • Enhanced capabilities for selective data extraction and summary generation.

Conclusions:

  • Document-based EMRS, supported by robust standards and information models, can overcome data loss and manipulation issues.
  • Inferential techniques applied to structured documents improve knowledge discovery and data accessibility.
  • This approach facilitates meeting diverse information needs from a unified data source.

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