title: UMLS-based access to CPR data.
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.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Medical Informatics, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands. vanmulligen@mi.fgg.eur.nl
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: van Mulligen
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D006801:Humans; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000458:organization & administration; D008722:Methods; D010865:Pilot Projects; D018511:Systems Integration; D017432:Unified Medical Language System; D014584:User-Computer Interface