A study of EMR-based medical knowledge network and its applications.

Journal: Computer methods and programs in biomedicine
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Abstract

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Electronic medical records (EMRs) contain an amount of medical knowledge which can be used for clinical decision support. We attempt to integrate this medical knowledge into a complex network, and then implement a diagnosis model based on this network.

Authors

  • Chao Zhao
    Department of Hygienic Inspection, School of Public Health, Jilin University 1163 Xinmin Street Changchun 130021 Jilin China songxiuling@jlu.edu.cn li_juan@jlu.edu.cn jinmh@jlu.edu.cn +86 43185619441.
  • Jingchi Jiang
    School of Computer Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Integrated Laboratory Building 803, Harbin 150001, China. Electronic address: jiangjingchi0118@163.com.
  • Zhiming Xu
    School of Computer Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150001, China. Electronic address: xuzm@hit.edu.cn.
  • Yi Guan
    School of Computer Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Integrated Laboratory Building 803, Harbin 150001, China. Electronic address: guanyi@hit.edu.cn.