Semantic characteristics of MEDLINE citations useful in therapeutic decision-making.
MEDLINE retrieval using several information retrieval algorithms was characterized for relevance to point-of-care therapeutic decisions for a sample of clinical queries in family practice. Evaluation methodology is described and preliminary results are presented.
Sneiderman
Charles
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National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland 20894, USA.
Demner-Fushman
Dina
D
Fiszman
Marcelo
M
Rindflesch
Thomas C
TC
D000465:Algorithms; D003658:Decision Making, Computer-Assisted; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval; D016239:MEDLINE; D046650:Medical Subject Headings; D009323:Natural Language Processing; D019095:Point-of-Care Systems; D012660:Semantics