We have developed a hypertext document management system designed to specifically handle web pages. Our system should benefit those who need to collect, index, review and [...]

Traditionally, image retrieval systems have been text-based, relying on the annotations or captions associated with the images. Although text-based information retrieval [...]

Interoperability is one of the challenges in health informatics and there are many tools on the market to help informaticians break down silos of information and integrat [...]

Over the past several years, the Internet has become a ubiquitous part of computing. While early Internet applications focused on electronic communication in the governme [...]

The effective move to value-based care delivery in physical therapy necessitates a shift towards a learning healthcare organization, with clinical managers acting as the [...]

This thesis describes a prototype software tool that intervenes in the process of searching the web for health information. The tool automatically analyzes a collection o [...]

The bibliome of biomedical literature is already too large and growing much too rapidly for researchers to stay current on all information relevant to their work. Text mi [...]

Modern healthcare systems generate enormous amounts of data describing the patients they serve. During the middle of the last decade, many of these healthcare organizatio [...]

As the availability of health information on the Internet continues to grow rapidly, it is essential to ensure that all groups within society can access and utilize this [...]

The U.S. healthcare industry is rapidly replacing older clinical systems with integrated, certified systems to meet "meaningful use" goals and secure federal funding. Whi [...]