title: An ontological approach to evidence-based medicine and meta-analysis.
abstract: The "evidence-based medicine" (EBM) paradigm is centered on the concept of "best evidence" and clinical studies based on this approach are more likely to be considered by physicians in their practice. In this paper we describe an ontology representing the concepts involved in evidence-based medicine and meta-analysis and show how an ontological approach can be applied both for revisiting EBM conceptual foundations and for allowing a more effective knowledge-based information retrieval in literature.
authors.affiliation: National Research Council-Institute of Cognitive Science and Technology, Rome, Italy. pisanelli@acm.org
authors.forename: Domenico M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Pisanelli
authors.forename: Davide
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zaccagnini
authors.forename: Lucio
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Capurso
authors.forename: Maurizio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Koch
mesh_terms: D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005103:Expert Systems; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval; D007558:Italy; D015201:Meta-Analysis as Topic