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Personalized Prediction and Resolution of Clinician Information Needs. James J. Cimino, M.D. Departments of Biomedical Informatics and Medicine Columbia University. Covell et al. Information Needs.
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Personalized Prediction and Resolution of Clinician Information Needs James J. Cimino, M.D. Departments of Biomedical Informatics and Medicine Columbia University
Covell et al. Information Needs 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004
Studying Information Needs Covell DG, Uman GC, Manning PR. Information needs in office practice: are they being met? Ann Intern Med. 1985 Oct;103(4):596-9.
Findings of Observational Studies • Information needs occur often • They are often unresolved • Computer-based resources are underused: • Lack of knowledge of existence • Lack of access • Lack of navigational skills • Perceived lack of time
Automated Clinical Decision Support Alerting and Reminder System
Modes of Decision Support Clinical Data or Knowledge Yes Yes Yes What is the Information Retrieved? Retrieval Uses Knowledge? Retrieval Uses Clinical Data? User Recognizes Need? Decision Support Mode Patient Info Yes Maybe No Clinical Data Knowledge Yes No No Knowledge Alerting No Yes Yes Knowledge ?
Infobuttons Anticipate Need and Provide Queries i
Information Needs of CIS Users • Common tasks may have common needs • System knows: • Who the user is • Who the patient is • What the user is doing • What information the user is looking at • So: We may be able to predict the specific need • User is sitting at a computer! • So: We may be able to get an answer automatically
Covel et al. Information Needs UMLS Project 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004
Unified Medical Language System The purpose of the UMLS is to improve the ability of computer programs to “understand” the biomedical meaning in user inquiries and to use this understanding to retrieve and integrate relevant machine-readable information for users. - Donald A.B. Lindberg 1986/1993
Covel et al. Information Needs First Version of UMLS UMLS Project ICD9 MeSH Medline Button 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004
First Attempt: The Medline Button • CIS (WebCIS’s predecessor) on mainframe • BRS/Colleague (Medline) on same mainframe • Get them to talk to each other • Search using patient diagnoses and procedures
First Attempt: The Medline Button • CIS (WebCIS’s predecessor) on mainframe • BRS/Colleague (Medline) on same mainframe • Get them to talk to each other • Search using patient diagnoses and procedures • Technical success • Practical failure
Covel et al. Information Needs First Version of UMLS PubMED Mosaic UMLS Project WebCIS ICD9 MeSH Medline Button Web-based Generic Queries 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004
Covel et al. Information Needs First Version of UMLS PubMED Mosaic UMLS Project G.O. Barnett DXplain Web DXplain WebCIS ICD9 MeSH Medline Button DXplain Button Web-based Generic Queries 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004
Covel et al. Information Needs First Version of UMLS PubMED Mosaic UMLS Project G.O. Barnett DXplain Web DXplain WebCIS Infobuttons ICD9 MeSH Medline Button DXplain Button Web-based Generic Queries 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004
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“Just in Time” Education 2 Get Information From EMR 1 MRSA Understand Information Needs
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“Just in Time” Education 4 2 Get Information From EMR Resource Terminology 1 MRSA Understand Information Needs 3 Resource Selection
“Just in Time” Education 4 5 2 Automated Translation Get Information From EMR Resource Terminology 1 MRSA Understand Information Needs 3 Resource Selection
“Just in Time” Education 4 5 2 Automated Translation Get Information From EMR Resource Terminology 6 1 MRSA Querying Understand Information Needs 3 Resource Selection
“Just in Time” Education 4 5 2 Automated Translation Get Information From EMR Resource Terminology 6 1 MRSA Querying Understand Information Needs 3 7 Resource Selection Presentation
Research Issues • What are the information needs?
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Research Issues • What are the information needs?
Research Issues • Which context information is important? • What are the information needs?