Discovering hidden knowledge through auditing clinical diagnostic knowledge bases.

Journal: Journal of biomedical informatics
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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Evaluate potential for data mining auditing techniques to identify hidden concepts in diagnostic knowledge bases (KB). Improving completeness enhances KB applications such as differential diagnosis and patient case simulation.

Authors

  • Matthew C Lenert
    Dept. of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University, 2525 West End Ave. Suite 1475, Nashville, TN 37203, USA. Electronic address: matthew.c.lenert@vanderbilt.edu.
  • Colin G Walsh
    Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States.
  • Randolph A Miller
    Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee.