[Oae-devel] Informal session on the upcoming ICBO 2012: Knowledge Management in Public Health - Experiences Using an Ontology Based Approach (Saturday, 18:00-20:00)

[Laszlo B. <Las...@ec...>]

Dear all,



Warmly welcome to the planned informal session `Knowledge Management in Public Health - Experiences Using an Ontology Based Approach`<http://kr-med.org/icbofois2012/icboinformalmeetings/KMpublichealth.htm>. Here is what we plan to discuss with you, who will be interested.


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Dr. Laszlo Balkanyi
Md PhD
knowledge manager
ECDC RMC ICKS KMLG
www.ecdc.europa.eu
tel: +46761010708



Knowledge Management in Public Health - Experiences Using an Ontology Based Approach

-          informal meeting on 21th July,  18:00 - 20:00, ICB0<http://kr-med.org/icbofois2012/icbo.htm>, Graz

Time(min)

What?

How?

Who?

0-10

Introduction of participants

roll call

participants

10 - 20

Warm up, focusing on one issue: why we think ontologies, terminology systems are needed in public health?

quick round table

Cecil, Laszlo and participants

20 - 35


First example in details: HL7 ORU in OWL -  in CDC

US Centers for Disease Control sponsored HL7 Meaningful Use Electronic Laboratory Reporting Nationally Notifiable Disease Ontology. The structure of the HL7 ORU lab reporting message in OWL and the binding of standards based terminologies (SNOMED and LOINC) will be demonstrated along with how these message based ontologies may be implemented to aid in automated laboratory disease reporting to public health authorities.

presentation

Cecil

35 - 45

Comments, questions to first example

quick round table

participants

45 - 60

Second example: ECDC<http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/Pages/home.aspx> terminology server

The development process of an (ontology based) terminology service at the European Centre of Disease Prevention and Control will be demonstrated. Lessons learned and current experiences with the system in production will be explained. Live access to (full) test version on line will show the system, both the human user interface to browse / edit the value sets and the machine user interface with a flexible, SOAP based interface answering queries of client applications.

Presentation
+ live access to ECDC TS

Laszlo

60-70

Comments, questions to second example

quick round table

participants

70 - 85

Third example will be the use of ontology for message validation and decision support in the US CDC National Tuberculosis surveillance system.

presentation

Cecil

85-95

Comments, questions to third example

quick round table

participants

95- 105

Other examples mentioned by the audience on using terminology systems in public health with / based on an ontology thinking

round table

participants

105-110

Demonstration of an open source OWL terminology construction tool

Live demonstration

Cecil

110-120

Wrap up - suggestion for a position paper

round table

participants








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