Towards improving usage and management of supplies in healthcare: An ontology-based solution for sharing knowledge

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Highlights:

• An ontology-based system is proposed to model items included in a hospital health catalog.

• The proposed ontology-based system can be used for sharing and acquiring knowledge by clinical and administrative personnel.

• Correct usage of medical supplies has a positive impact both on hospital economics and personnel safety.

摘要

•An ontology-based system is proposed to model items included in a hospital health catalog.•The proposed ontology-based system can be used for sharing and acquiring knowledge by clinical and administrative personnel.•Correct usage of medical supplies has a positive impact both on hospital economics and personnel safety.

论文关键词:Ontologies,Health catalog,Items management

论文评审过程:Available online 24 April 2014.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2014.04.023