Unified Medical Language Systemreg; （UMLSreg;） .ppt

Unified Medical Language System? (UMLS?) NLM Presentation Theater MLA 2007 National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services The UMLS consists of UMLS Objectives Began in 1986 as long-term RD project Designed for systems developers Develop multi-purpose tools to enhance understanding of medical meaning across systems Overcome barriers to effective retrieval of machine-readable information Overcome variety of ways the same concepts are expressed in machine readable and human language UMLS Uses Information retrieval Thesaurus construction Natural language processing Automated indexing Electronic health records (EHR) Distribution mechanism for HIPAA, CHI, PHIN regulatory standards SNOMED CT UMLS Releases 3-4 updates (releases) per year 3 Knowledge Sources in 3 sets of relational files Tools: MetamorphoSys – install and customize RRF Subset Browser Lexical tools including LVG Download from UMLSKS or on DVD UMLS Access UMLS Knowledge Source Server (UMLSKS) / Browse 3 Knowledge Sources Query with Java or XML-based APIs Download files and programs Access documentation and other resources Local installation Use MetamorphoSys to install Knowledge Sources, customize Metathesaurus View customized subset with browser Use load scripts to load into database UMLS License Agreements Terms and conditions of use online Semantic Network SPECIALIST Lexicon Lexical Tools Metathesaurus Sign formal license agreement Additional restrictions apply to use of some sources as noted in the Appendix to the License Agreement Metathesaurus 100+ general and specialized biomedical vocabularies 17 languages (63% English) 1 million+ concepts; 6 million+ names 100K+ relationships (hierarchical, semantic, statistical and mapping relationships) Distributed in a common electronic format Metathesaurus Source Vocabularies Vary in purpose, structure and properties Used in clinical, research, administrative, public health reporting A