title: Supporting infobuttons with terminological knowledge.
abstract: We have developed several prototype applications which integrate clinical systems with on-line information resources by using patient data to drive queries in response to user information needs. We refer to these collectively as infobuttons because they are evoked with a minimum of keyboard entry. We make use of knowledge in our terminology, the Medical Entities Dictionary (MED) to assist with the selection of appropriate queries and resources, as well as the translation of patient data to forms recognized by the resources. This paper describes the kinds of knowledge in the MED, including literal attributes, hierarchical links and other semantic links, and how this knowledge is used in system integration.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Informatics, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Cimino
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Elhanan
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zeng
mesh_terms: D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D009862:Online Systems; D012660:Semantics; D018511:Systems Integration; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D017432:Unified Medical Language System; D018875:Vocabulary, Controlled