The task addressed and the method proposed in this paper aim at improved understanding of differences between similar diseases. In particular we address the problem of distinguish...
Petra Kralj, Nada Lavrac, Dragan Gamberger, Antoni...
Abstract. Translating clinical guidelines into formal models is beneficial in many ways, but expensive. The progress in medical knowledge requires clinical guidelines to be updated...
Abstract. In medicine, there are many diseases which cannot be precisely characterized but are considered as natural kinds. In the communication between health care professionals, ...
Linda Peelen, Michel C. A. Klein, Stefan Schlobach...
Abstract. Disease processes in patients are temporal in nature and involve uncertainty. It is necessary to gain insight into these processes when aiming at improving the diagnosis,...
Abstract. Medical reports are predominantly written in natural language; as such they are not computer-accessible. A common way to make medical narrative accessible to automated sy...
Janneke van der Zwaan, Erik F. Tjong Kim Sang, Maa...
Abstract. Healthcare knowledge management is an active, yet not a well characterized research topic. In this chapter, we attempt to characterize healthcare knowledge management and...
Decision-making is a crucial aspect of emergency response during mass casualty incidents (MCIs). MCIs require rapid decisions to be taken by geographically-dispersed teams in an en...
Shizhuo Zhu, Joanna Abraham, Sharoda A. Paul, Madh...
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is an important avenue for disease prevention and treatment for the Chinese people and is gaining popularity among others. However, many remain s...
Nevin Lianwen Zhang, Shihong Yuan, Tao Chen, Yi Wa...