title: SemanticDx: a prototype to facilitate use of biostatistics at the point-of-care.
abstract: SemanticDx is a web based clinical decision support system (CDSS) that uses a semantic web framework to integrate a knowledge base, DXplain, with a diagnostic tests sensitivity and specificity and patient demographic data to provide patient-specific positive and negative predictive values at the point of care.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Computer Science, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Guido
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Davidzon
authors.forename: Evan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pankey
authors.forename: Tim
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Loudon
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Schmid
authors.forename: Bonnie
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Berger
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Berkowicz
mesh_terms: D001185:Artificial Intelligence; D001900:Boston; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D019095:Point-of-Care Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012660:Semantics; D012984:Software