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The ontology of medically related social entities: recent developments. J Biomed Semantics 2016 Jul 12;7:47

Date

07/14/2016

Pubmed ID

27406187

Pubmed Central ID

PMC4942889

DOI

10.1186/s13326-016-0087-8

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-84978225125 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   46 Citations

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The Ontology of Medically Related Social Entities (OMRSE) was initially developed in 2011 to provide a framework for modeling demographic data in Resource Description Framework/Web Ontology Language. It is built upon the Basic Formal Ontology and conforms to Open Biomedical Ontologies Foundry's best practices.

DESCRIPTION: We report recent development of OMRSE which includes representations of organizations, roles, facilities, demographic data, enrollment in insurance plans, and data about socio-economic indicators.

CONCLUSIONS: OMRSE's coverage has been expanding in recent years to include a wide variety of classes and has been useful in several biomedical applications.

Author List

Hicks A, Hanna J, Welch D, Brochhausen M, Hogan WR

Author

William R. Hogan MD Institute Director, Professor in the Data Science Institute department at Medical College of Wisconsin




MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Biological Ontologies
Demography
Health Facilities
Humans
Insurance
Marital Status
Socioeconomic Factors