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Using Ontologies in Drug Prescription: The SemMed Approach

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  • Alejandro Rodríguez-González

    (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain)

  • Ángel García-Crespo

    (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain)

  • Ricardo Colomo-Palacios

    (Østfold University College, Norway)

  • Juan Miguel Gómez-Berbís

    (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain)

  • Enrique Jiménez-Domingo

    (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain)

Abstract

Medical prescription has been touted as following an accurate approach to addressing particular health problems. However, the importance of the process might demand considering a formal knowledge-driven procedure to ensure its correctness which can be achieved through Medical Decision Support Systems (MDSS). Semantic Technologies have emerged as a potential silver bullet to become the backbone of those particular Information Systems since it provides seamless integration and an underlying logical formalism. This paper sheds light into using ontologies for drug prescription through the SemMed model, architecture and proof-of-concept implementation, being able to face challenges in these areas and solve day-to-day problems of health professionals in terms of drug prescription

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  • Alejandro Rodríguez-González & Ángel García-Crespo & Ricardo Colomo-Palacios & Juan Miguel Gómez-Berbís & Enrique Jiménez-Domingo, 2011. "Using Ontologies in Drug Prescription: The SemMed Approach," International Journal of Knowledge-Based Organizations (IJKBO), IGI Global, vol. 1(4), pages 1-15, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:igg:jkbo00:v:1:y:2011:i:4:p:1-15
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