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Semantic Network Issues in UMLS Study

Explore findings from a questionnaire on UMLS user insights regarding semantic network issues, professions, industry sectors, UMLS subject areas, and tolerance for modeling errors and missing knowledge.

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Semantic Network Issues in UMLS Study

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  1. Semantic Network Issues in UMLS Study Yehoshua Perl, James Geller

  2. The Questionnaire • The questionnaire was distributed to the members of the UMLS user list and 70 responses were received. • The questionnaire consists of 26 questions and has three parts: • Demographic • User • Agenda

  3. 47.1% Researcher 22.9% Programmer 21.4% Physician 17.1% Professor 17.1% Others 15.7% Student 11.5% Manager 7.1% Nurse 5.8% Librarian 5.7% Administrator 4.3% Engineer 4. What is (are) your profession(s)?

  4. 5. Where are you employed? 48.6% University 35.7% Industry 7.1% Government 2.9% Self-employed 2.9% Other 1.4% Research institute 1.4% no answers

  5. 6.If working in industry, what type of company are you working in? 41.7% Software vendor 29.1% Hospital 16.7% Other 8.3% Healthcare information processing company 4.2% Doctor office 2.5% Insurance company 0% Pharmaceutical company

  6. 67.1% Concepts & Ideas 62.9% Disorders 60% Procedures 54.3% Anatomy 51.4% Chemicals &Drugs 42.9% Physiology 35.7% Devices 34.3% Activities & Behaviors 30% Living Beings 24.3% Genes & Molecular Sequences 21.4% Objects 20% Phenomena 18.6% Occupations 15.7% Organizations 14.3% Geographic Areas 9. Which of the following subject areas of the UMLS are you using? On average 5.7 per respondent

  7. Observations of Question 9 • Seven medical oriented areas are leading the interest, with Disorder and Procedure at the front, while more general areas exhibit lower interest. • Concept and Ideas show the highest interest and Gene and Molecular Sequences show a low interest.

  8. 21. How much do the following kinds of modeling errors bother you when encountered? Bothers me: 0-- not at all 1-- a little 2-- moderately 3-- a lot

  9. Result of Question 21- - comparison of university, software company and hospital

  10. Q22. How much do the following kinds of missing knowledge bother you when encountered? Bothers me: 0-- not at all 1-- a little 2-- moderately 3-- a lot

  11. Result of Question 22-- comparison of university, software company and hospital

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