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Ph.D. Proposal

A Process Framework For Ontology Modeling, Design, And Development

Realized By Extending OWL and ODM

Candidate: Rishi Kanth SaripalleMajor Advisor: Prof. Steven A. Demurjian Associate Advisors: Prof. Xiaoyan Wang

Prof. Dong-Guk Shin

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What is Informatics? Informatics is:

Management/Processing of Data Classification (Ontologies), Collection, Storage,

Analysis, Dissemination Informatics is Multi-Disciplinary

Computing (Model, Store, Mine, Process Information)

Social Science (HCI) Statistics (Analysis)

Informatics Can Apply to Multiple Domains: Pharmacology, Nursing, Medicine, Biology, etc. Business, Fine Arts, Humanities

People

Information Technology

Informatics

Adapted from Shortcliff textbook

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What is Biomedical Informatics (BMI)? BMI is Associated with Research and Practice of

Medicine Primarily for: Public Health Informatics (State and Federal)

Tracking Trends in Public Sector Clinical Research Informatics

De-identified Repositories and Databases Facilitate Epidemiological Research and On going

Clinical Studies (Drug Trails, Data Analysis, etc.) Objective:

Improved Patient Health Care Reduce Medical Errors Reduce duplication of Tests, Visits and Diagnosis. Reduce overall Medical Costs

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What are Relevant Systems? Electronic Medical Records (EMR/EHR)

Within Hospitals, Clinics, Practices, Laboratories Capture Information Electronically Examples: AllScripts, Centricity, Vista

Personal Health Records – Patient Controlled MS HealthVault, Web MD

Health Information Exchange (HIE) Facilitate Secure Sharing of Information Employ XML Standards:

Health Language 7 Clinical Document Archiecture XML Schema and Messaging for Exchange

Virtual Chart: View of Patient Data Collected from Multiple Sources that Facilitates Patient Care

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What’s Big Picture?

EHR PHREMR

Health Information Exchange

Syntactic Unifier

Semantic Unifier

Metadata Ontology

Mapping Ontology

Global Ontology

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tology En

gine

ER Physicians

Radiologist

ER Nurse

Office Staff

Insurance Companies

Primary Care Physician

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Summary- Research Contributions Meta Model for Ontologies

Defined OWL Domain Profile. Extended OWL with Attribute Metamodel Entity.

Ontology Model and Schema: Defined the semantics of Class Entity. Provide Schema from Perspective of Software

Engineering. Proposed Ontology Relationships.

Improved Knowledge Representation Proposed Semantic Design Patterns. Captured Conceptual Theory.

Hybrid Ontology Design and Development Lifecycle Ontology Design and Development Process

employing A, B, and C Leveraging Software Design Process Models