Development and evaluation of an ontology for guiding appropriate antibiotic prescribing

Journal of Biomedical Informatics

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 120-128

  Bright, Tiffani J ^a   Yoko Furuya, E ^b   Kuperman, Gilad J ^b,c   Cimino, James J ^d   Bakken, Suzanne ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^c NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical decision support; Evaluation; Ontology

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT; CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DESCRIPTION LOGIC; DOMAIN EXPERTS; EVALUATION; EVALUATION METHOD; EVALUATION STUDY; FORMAL ONTOLOGY; INTRINSIC CHARACTERISTICS; KNOWLEDGE GAPS; KNOWLEDGE RULES; LADDERING TECHNIQUE; ONTOLOGY DESIGN; ONTOLOGY DEVELOPMENT; SEMANTIC WEB RULE LANGUAGES; SPECIFIC TASKS;

ANTIBIOTICS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DATA DESCRIPTION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; MICROORGANISMS; QUALITY CONTROL; SEMANTIC WEB;

ONTOLOGY;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGY; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BIOMEDICINE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EMPIRICISM; EVALUATION; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MICROORGANISM; ONTOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; HUMANS; MEDICATION ERRORS;

EID: 84856379433     PISSN: 15320464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbi.2011.10.001     Document Type: Article

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