Yearb Med Inform 2013; 22(01): 155-158
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1638847
Original Article
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart

Knowledge Representation and Management: Towards an Integration of a Semantic Web in Daily Health Practice

Section Editors for the IMIA Yearbook 2013, Section on Knowledge Representation and Management
N. Griffon
1   CISMeF-TIBS-LITIS EA 4108, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen, France
3   INSERM UMRS 872 eq. 20, CRC, Paris, France
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J. Charlet
2   AP-HP, Dept. of Clinical Research and Development, Paris, France
3   INSERM UMRS 872 eq. 20, CRC, Paris, France
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SJ. Darmoni
1   CISMeF-TIBS-LITIS EA 4108, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen, France
3   INSERM UMRS 872 eq. 20, CRC, Paris, France
› Author Affiliations
Further Information

Correpsondence to:

Prof. SJ. Darmoni, MD, PhD.
Rouen University Hospital
Department of BioMedical Informatics
1 rue de Gérmont
76031 Rouen Cedex, France
Phone: +33(0)232 8888 29   
Fax: +33(0)232 8889 09   

Publication History

Publication Date:
05 March 2018 (online)

 

Summary

Objective: To summarize the best papers in the field of Knowledge Representation and Management (KRM).

Methods: A synopsis of the four selected articles for the IMIA Yearbook 2013 KRM section is provided, as well as highlights of current KRM trends, in particular, of the semantic web in daily health practice. The manual selection was performed in three stages: first a set of 3,106 articles, then a second set of 86 articles followed by a third set of 15 articles, and finally the last set of four chosen articles.

Results: Among the four selected articles (see Table 1), one focuses on knowledge engineering to prevent adverse drug events; the objective of the second is to propose mappings between clinical archetypes and SNOMED CT in the context of clinical practice; the third presents an ontology to create a question-answering system; the fourth describes a biomonitoring network based on semantic web technologies.

Conclusion: These four articles clearly indicate that the health semantic web has become a part of daily practice of health professionals since 2012. In the review of the second set of 86 articles, the same topics included in the previous IMIA yearbook remain active research fields: Knowledge extraction, automatic indexing, information retrieval, natural language processing, management of health terminologies and ontologies.


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Correpsondence to:

Prof. SJ. Darmoni, MD, PhD.
Rouen University Hospital
Department of BioMedical Informatics
1 rue de Gérmont
76031 Rouen Cedex, France
Phone: +33(0)232 8888 29   
Fax: +33(0)232 8889 09