Semantic Web standards
are important in the medical sciences since much of the medical research that is
available needs an avenue to be shared across disparate computer systems. Ontologies
can provide a basis for the searching of context-based medical research
information so that it can be integrated and used as a foundation for future research.
The healthcare industry will be examined specifically in its use of electronic health
records (EHR), which need Semantic Web standards to be communicated across
different EHR systems. The increased use of EHRs across healthcare organizations
will also require ontologies to support context-sensitive searching of information,
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as well as creating context-based rules for appointments, procedures, and tests so
that the quality of healthcare is improved. Literature in these areas has been combined
in this chapter to provide a general view of how Semantic Web standards and
ontologies are used, and to give examples of applications in the areas of healthcare
and the medical sciences.
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