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The Unified Medical Language System: an informatics research collaboration

B L Humphreys1, D A Lindberg, H M Schoolman

  • 1National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD, USA. blh@nlm.nih.gov

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA
|February 7, 1998
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The Unified Medical Language System (UMLS) project fostered collaboration to integrate medical data. Advances in technology have since improved access to its knowledge sources, highlighting ongoing informatics challenges.

Area of Science:

  • Medical Informatics
  • Health Services Research
  • Computer Science Applications in Medicine

Background:

  • The Unified Medical Language System (UMLS) project began in 1986, aiming to overcome barriers in computerizing medicine.
  • It involved a large, multidisciplinary, and multisite collaborative research effort.
  • The project sought to improve the application of computers in healthcare settings.

Observation:

  • The UMLS Knowledge Sources are tangible products of this collaborative initiative.
  • The project serves as a significant case study in managing large-scale, distributed research collaborations.
  • Technological advancements in computing and communication have eased collaboration and knowledge dissemination.

Findings:

  • The UMLS project successfully demonstrated the potential and challenges of distributed research collaboration.

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  • The World Wide Web has amplified awareness of information access issues due to diverse medical vocabularies.
  • Progress in computing has facilitated the development and use of the UMLS Knowledge Sources.

    • Implications:

    • The UMLS project's work remains highly relevant for addressing information access problems in medicine.
    • There is a propitious time to build upon UMLS accomplishments for future informatics research.
    • Continued progress is needed on informatics research issues initially identified by the UMLS project.