An ontological approach to personalized medical knowledge recommendation

Abstract

Knowledge recommendation has become a promising method in supporting the clinicians' decisions and improving the quality of medical services in the constantly changing clinical environment. However, current medical knowledge management systems cannot understand users' requirements accurately and realize personalized recommendation. Therefore this chapter proposes an ontological approach based on semiotic principles to personalized medical knowledge recommendations. In particular, healthcare domain knowledge is conceptualized and an ontology-based user profile is built. Furthermore, the personalized recommendation mechanism is illustrated. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013.