A formal concept analysis and semantic query expansion cooperation to refine health outcomes of interest.
Journal:
BMC medical informatics and decision making
Published Date:
May 20, 2015
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Electronic Health Records (EHRs) are frequently used by clinicians and researchers to search for, extract, and analyze groups of patients by defining Health Outcome of Interests (HOI). The definition of an HOI is generally considered a complex and time consuming task for health care professionals.