International Journal of Medical Informatics
Volume 53, Issue 2 , Pages 125-131, 1 February 1999

UMLS-based access to CPR data

Department of Medical Informatics, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands Institute for Health Sciences, PO Box 1738, 3000 DR, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Abstract 

This paper describes the results of a project that explores the use the Unified Medical Language System (UMLS) for knowledge-driven tasks, such as browsing a computer-based patient record (CPR). The project consisted of a number of steps: the mapping between CPR terms and UMLS concepts, the development of an algorithm that explores the CPR data using this mapping and the implementation of a first prototype browser that visualizes ‘found’ data. A second task addressed in this project has been the direct access to online medical literature (MEDLINE) using the UMLS concepts found in the CPR data. In this project, we used a preliminary version of the Open Records for Patient Care (ORCA) CPR that consisted only of the history and physical examination data of patient suffering from heart failure.

Keywords: Medical records systems, Computerized, Vocabular controlled, Information storage and retrieval, Systems integration

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PII: S1386-5056(98)00153-1

International Journal of Medical Informatics
Volume 53, Issue 2 , Pages 125-131, 1 February 1999

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