Introduction. Routinely collected primary care data has underpinned research that has
helped define primary care as a specialty. In the early years of the discipline, data were …

Previous investigators have defined clinical interface terminology as a systematic collection
of health care–related phrases (terms) that supports clinicians' entry of patient-related …

Conceptual models have been developed to address challenges inherent in studying health
information technology (HIT). This chapter introduces an 8-dimensional model specifically …

Abstract Background Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine—Clinical Terms (SNOMED
CT, hereafter abbreviated SCT) is a comprehensive medical terminology used for …

Objectives: Hospital information systems are evolving towards health information systems.
This article aims at identifying both proven benefits and critical issues, and at discussing …

Modularity is a key requirement for large ontologies in order to achieve re-use,
maintainability, and evolution. Mechanisms for'normalisation'to achieve analogous aims are …

Background: Given the recent increased focus on evidence-based medicine, it is critical that
diseases and syndromes have accurate and complete descriptions, including standardized …

Promise and reality: this review addresses two questions. First, why is the introduction of the
computerized patient record (CPR) so slow, while its potential for improved quality of care …

The evolution of health terminology has undergone glacial transition over time, although this
pace has quickened recently. After a long history of near neglect, unimaginative structure …

Research on ontologies is becoming widespread in the biomedical informatics community.
At the same time, it has become apparent that the challenges of properly constructing and …