QAnalysis: a question-answer driven analytic tool on knowledge graphs for leveraging electronic medical records for clinical research.

Journal: BMC medical informatics and decision making
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: While doctors should analyze a large amount of electronic medical record (EMR) data to conduct clinical research, the analyzing process requires information technology (IT) skills, which is difficult for most doctors in China.

Authors

  • Tong Ruan
    East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China. ruantong@ecust.edu.cn.
  • Yueqi Huang
    Department of Computer Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China.
  • Xuli Liu
    Department of Computer Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China.
  • Yuhang Xia
    School of Information Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China.
  • Ju Gao
    Department of Anesthesiology, Institute of Anesthesia, Emergency and Critical Care, Northern Jiangsu People's Hospital Affiliated to Yangzhou University, 225002 Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China.