Extraction of structured information from biomedical literature is a complex and challenging
problem due to the complexity of biomedical domain and lack of appropriate natural …

Background The evidence-based medicine paradigm requires the ability to aggregate and
compare outcomes of interventions across different trials. This can be facilitated and partially …

This research project presents methodological and theoretical issues related to the inter-
relationship between linguistic and conceptual semantics, analysing the results obtained by …

Semantic annotation using biomedical ontologies is required to enable data integration,
interoperability, indexing and mining of biomedical data. When used to support semantic …

Background Free-text descriptions in electronic health records (EHRs) can be of interest for
clinical research and care optimization. However, free text cannot be readily interpreted by a …

Text Mining in biology and biomedicine requires a large amount of domain-specific
knowledge. Publicly accessible resources hold much of the information needed, yet their …

The massive amount of biomedical information published online requires the development
of automatic knowledge discovery technologies to effectively make use of this available …

The rapid growth of online biomedical content has presented a notable challenge in
delivering timely and precise semantic annotations. Semantic annotations play a crucial role …

Highlights•Medline, ClinicalTrials. gov and other sites offer search portal access to the latest
information.•The limited synonyms on the portals hinder efficient and effective searches.•An …

Background: Communication of critical results from diagnostic procedures between
caregivers is a Joint Commission national patient safety goal. Evaluating critical result …