title: Profile-based retrieval of records in medical databases.
abstract: Ontologies establish relationships between different terms, yet their potential in querying has not yet been fully realized. In this paper, we study the problem of ontology-supported profile-based retrieval of medical records. We present an algorithm that provides two independent techniques (used in isolation or in unison) to address the shortcomings of existing keyword-based retrieval solutions, and provide an implementation and experiments to illustrate the merits of our approach.
authors.affiliation: IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, 19 Skyline Drive, Hawthorne, NY 10532, USA.
authors.forename: Anastasios
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kementsietsidis
authors.forename: Lipyeow
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D057286:Electronic Health Records; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods*; D009323:Natural Language Processing; D013358:Subject Headings; D018875:Vocabulary, Controlled