title: Design, implementation, use, and preliminary evaluation of an UMLS-enabled terminology Web service for clinical decision support.
abstract: To facilitate the provision of clinical decision support (CDS), the Unified Medical Language System (UMLS) was leveraged to implement a terminology Web service. Supported functions include inter-vocabulary translation and the identification of concepts subsumed by a parent concept. Currently, the service is being used to aid the specification of clinical concepts within CDS knowledge modules. Insights gained from this process are discussed, including the limitations of using the UMLS to fulfill CDS terminology needs.
authors.affiliation: Division of Clinical Informatics, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: Kensaku
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kawamoto
authors.forename: David F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Lobach
mesh_terms: D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical; D020407:Internet; D017432:Unified Medical Language System