Requirements for an efficient biomedical terminology browser.

Biomedical ontologies provide knowledge in support of health care applications. Knowledge engineers require tools to develop and manage a rich biomedical ontology. An efficient terminology browser is necessary for knowledge engineers to develop and manage a rich biomedical ontology that supports a variety of health care applications.

Building knowledge: a system for batch loading biomedical terminologies.

Ontologies provide knowledge that supports health care applications. Biomedical ontologies must include a vast number of both standard and proprietary terminology concepts. Conventional loading methods are labor-intensive and inefficient.

Personal health records: key features within existing applications.

Personal Health Records (PHRs) have been developed as client-based and Internet-based applications. While there is no predominant industry standard or product, most applications have several key features in common. By researching several PHR applications we have isolated five important feature groups that are regularly implemented by existing products.