title: Health care ontologies: knowledge models for record sharing and decision support.
abstract: This chapter gives an educational overview of: * The difference between informal and formal ontologies * The primary objectives of ontology design, re-use, extensibility, and interoperability * How formal ontologies can be used to map terminologies and classification systems * How formal ontologies improve semantic interoperability * The relationship between a well-formed ontology and the development of intelligent decision support.
authors.affiliation: School of Management and Information Systems, Central Queensland University, Rockhampton Qld and eHealth Education Pty Ltd. m.madsen@ehealtheducation.net
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Madsen
mesh_terms: D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical; D019359:Knowledge; D008498:Medical Record Linkage; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D012660:Semantics; D018511:Systems Integration