Studies in health technology and informatics
Jan 1, 2015
Patients today have ample opportunities to inform themselves about their disease and possible treatments using the Internet. While this type of patient empowerment is widely regarded as having a positive influence on the treatment, there exists the p...
Studies in health technology and informatics
Jan 1, 2015
The integration of heterogeneous ontologies is often hampered by different upper level categories and relations. We report on an on-going effort to align clinical terminology/ontology SNOMED CT with the formal upper-level ontology BioTopLite. This al...
BACKGROUND: At a large chemical park maintenance is contracted by the major companies operating the plants to many small firms. The cultural and psychological isolation of contractor workers was recognized a root cause of severe accidents in the rece...