An ontology-based model of clinical information.
In this paper we describe a model of clinical information designed to make health information systems properly interoperable and safely computable. The model is a response to a number of categories of requirements, ranging from the semantic to the performance of software at runtime. We argue that the starting point of a successful model must be an ontological analysis of the process of clinical care delivery, seen as a scientific problem-solving process. From this approach we develop a classification of types of clinical information called the Clinical Investigator Record (CIR) ontology.
Beale
Thomas
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CTO, University College London. Thomas.Beale@OceanInformatics.biz
Heard
Sam
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D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D006801:Humans; D007254:Information Science; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D012985:Software Design; D018875:Vocabulary, Controlled