Semantic Modeling of Cohort Descriptions in Research Studies
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Authors
Chari, Shruthi
Weerawarana, Rukmal
Seneviratne, Oshani
McCusker, Jamie
McGuinness, Deborah L.
Das, Amar
Issue Date
2018-10-29
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Health Empowerment by Analytics, Learning, and Semantics (HEALS)
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Abstract
Recommendations in ADA’s Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes guideline are supported by findings from scientific publications (primarily clinical trials and case studies). We propose an approach rooted in Information Extraction and Knowledge Representation techniques to augment guideline representations with population descriptions from cited literature. We develop a Cohort Ontology, modeling patient groups and interventions mentioned in cited publications, ultimately aiming at assisting physicians and computers to suggest recommendations for complex patients using cohort alignment.