From Medical Data to Health Knowledge

Summary

The problems of assisting in the medical decision-making process are attracting more and more attention.

Actually a certain number of computer systems have considerably improved the availability of medical data. However, we encounter some difficulties when extending these systems. In order to surmount these problems, it is necessary to proceed further in the analysis and comprehension of medical information and processes.

To accomplish this goal, it is necessary to have a better understanding of the way in which a group of medical data is derived from one piece of medical knowledge and also how a chunk of medical knowledge is related to its corresponding medical data.

This article is a beginning in the study of the transition from medical data to health knowledge, and this transition represents only part of the global entity, the nature, the representation, and use of medical information.

Die Probleme bei der Unterstützung im medizinischen Entscheidungsfindungsprozeß ziehen die Aufmerksamkeit in zunehmendem Maße auf sich.

In der Tat haben eine Anzahl von Computersystemen die Verfügbarkeit medizinischer Daten wesentlich verbessert. Jedoch stoßen wir bei der Ausweitung dieser Systeme auf einige Schwierigkeiten. Um diese Probleme zu überwinden, ist es erforderlich, in der Analyse und im Verständnis medizinischer Information und Prozesse weiter fortzuschreiten.

Um dieses Ziel zu erreichen, ist ein besseres Verständnis davon notwendig, wie eine Gruppe medizinischer Daten von einem bestimmten medizinischen Wissen hergeleitet wird und wie ein Stück medizinischen Wissens auf die entsprechenden medizinischen Daten bezogen ist. Diese Arbeit stellt einen Anfang im Studium des Übergangs von medizinischen Daten zum Wissen um die Gesundheit dar, und dieser Übergang ist nur ein Teil der globalen Ganzheit, der Art, der Darstellung und Benutzung medizinischer Information.

Key-Words

Medical Data - Health Knowledge - Decision-Making

Schlüssel-Wörter

Medizinische Daten - Wissen um die Gesundheit - Entscheidungsfindung

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