Slides of the opening presentation at the Macquarie University workshop on Text Mining and Health, http://comp.mq.edu.au/research/collaboration-workshops/2014-mq-clinical-nlp/
Enhancing the quality and transparency of health research: Introducing the PR...Thomas Bandholm
This lecture was held September 14 in Aalborg, Denmark at a PhD Forum (symposium). I hope you find it useful. Kind regards Thomas Bandholm (Twitter@TBandholm).
This document outlines the key elements of clinical trials and experimental studies. It discusses the objectives and advantages of randomized clinical trials, including their ability to control for confounding factors and minimize biases. The document describes different types of clinical trial designs, such as parallel, crossover, and factorial designs. It also covers limitations of clinical trials, variables in study design, phases of clinical trials, and methods for analyzing trial results.
01. introduction to research methods by Dr Rim BougatfaDr Ghaiath Hussein
This document provides an overview of key concepts in research. It defines research and describes different types including basic, applied, biomedical, clinical, epidemiological, and health systems research. It also outlines the phases of research from developing a question to sharing results. Research criteria, variables, data, populations, sampling, and terminology are defined. Finally, it discusses important research outcomes like validity, bias, accuracy, and generalizability.
Introduction to Health Research Methods By Dr Eman AbdulhalimDr Ghaiath Hussein
This document provides an introduction to a course on research methodology and evidence-based healthcare. The course is taught by Dr. Eman Abd Alhalim and discusses the objectives, duration, structure, requirements and assessment of the course. It also references a student guide for the class.
Urban Car Parks as Fashion Event Venue: A Reflection Study of London Fashion ...Peachy Essay
The research methodology in a study majorly defines key methods to carry out an investigation in the desired field (Pérez, 2009). In other words, it informs readers that how the research is proceeded using the wealth of human knowledge (developed by researchers critically) as well as different tools to look at life objectively). Commendably, research methodology is considered a way to systematically resolve different research problems with the help of logically adopted steps (Creswell, 2013). Thereof, this chapter has been devised for the current study that relies on specific research problem regarding the performance of different venues on fashion event management by analysing the case of London Fashion Week 2016 in London Brewer Street Car Park. In this chapter, some specific aspects have been discussed including the area of study, research design, research philosophy, approach, methods or instrument for data collection and analysis, and ethical concerns. To organise this chapter, Honeycomb Model (2012) and Onion Research Model (2014) of methodology have been followed that help in providing a structure to the methods along with various available options/alternatives and selection criteria supported by justification.
This document outlines the general process for conducting health research, including developing an idea, reviewing literature, formulating hypotheses, writing a research protocol, gaining ethical approval, implementing the study, analyzing and reporting results. It discusses key steps like developing a research question, searching literature, forming the null and alternative hypotheses, writing a protocol and proposal, obtaining necessary approvals, conducting a pilot study, implementing the main study, analyzing data, and publishing findings. The overall purpose is to systematically plan and conduct health research in an ethical manner.
Enhancing the quality and transparency of health research: Introducing the PR...Thomas Bandholm
This lecture was held September 14 in Aalborg, Denmark at a PhD Forum (symposium). I hope you find it useful. Kind regards Thomas Bandholm (Twitter@TBandholm).
This document outlines the key elements of clinical trials and experimental studies. It discusses the objectives and advantages of randomized clinical trials, including their ability to control for confounding factors and minimize biases. The document describes different types of clinical trial designs, such as parallel, crossover, and factorial designs. It also covers limitations of clinical trials, variables in study design, phases of clinical trials, and methods for analyzing trial results.
01. introduction to research methods by Dr Rim BougatfaDr Ghaiath Hussein
This document provides an overview of key concepts in research. It defines research and describes different types including basic, applied, biomedical, clinical, epidemiological, and health systems research. It also outlines the phases of research from developing a question to sharing results. Research criteria, variables, data, populations, sampling, and terminology are defined. Finally, it discusses important research outcomes like validity, bias, accuracy, and generalizability.
Introduction to Health Research Methods By Dr Eman AbdulhalimDr Ghaiath Hussein
This document provides an introduction to a course on research methodology and evidence-based healthcare. The course is taught by Dr. Eman Abd Alhalim and discusses the objectives, duration, structure, requirements and assessment of the course. It also references a student guide for the class.
Urban Car Parks as Fashion Event Venue: A Reflection Study of London Fashion ...Peachy Essay
The research methodology in a study majorly defines key methods to carry out an investigation in the desired field (Pérez, 2009). In other words, it informs readers that how the research is proceeded using the wealth of human knowledge (developed by researchers critically) as well as different tools to look at life objectively). Commendably, research methodology is considered a way to systematically resolve different research problems with the help of logically adopted steps (Creswell, 2013). Thereof, this chapter has been devised for the current study that relies on specific research problem regarding the performance of different venues on fashion event management by analysing the case of London Fashion Week 2016 in London Brewer Street Car Park. In this chapter, some specific aspects have been discussed including the area of study, research design, research philosophy, approach, methods or instrument for data collection and analysis, and ethical concerns. To organise this chapter, Honeycomb Model (2012) and Onion Research Model (2014) of methodology have been followed that help in providing a structure to the methods along with various available options/alternatives and selection criteria supported by justification.
This document outlines the general process for conducting health research, including developing an idea, reviewing literature, formulating hypotheses, writing a research protocol, gaining ethical approval, implementing the study, analyzing and reporting results. It discusses key steps like developing a research question, searching literature, forming the null and alternative hypotheses, writing a protocol and proposal, obtaining necessary approvals, conducting a pilot study, implementing the main study, analyzing data, and publishing findings. The overall purpose is to systematically plan and conduct health research in an ethical manner.
This course presents the students to the basics of the ethical practice of healthcare provision by the physician, and the professional standards that the students should meet in any of students’ future roles as a doctor. These roles include students’ duties as team-member, practitioner/clinician, researcher, manager/planner, educator, and patient advocate. The ethical issues surrounding these main domains are presented and discussed. The course also aims to enhance the ability of the students to develop and defend an ethical argument.
The document provides an overview of various research methods used in health sciences, including case series, cross-sectional surveys, case-control studies, cohort studies, and randomized controlled trials. It describes the key features and appropriate uses of each study design. Examples are given of studies conducted using each design. The document emphasizes that the appropriate study design depends on the research question, available resources, and desired results.
Measuring what we want to measure, Liz Norman ANZCVS 2013Liz Norman
Measuring what we want to measure: writing excellent questions for College examinations. Plenary lecture at the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists Science Week meeting, 2013
One of the challenges of any examination system is measuring the knowledge skills and judgements that we think are important indicators of achievement. This session will focus on designing and communicating tasks for candidates that let them demonstrate their knowledge, skills and judgement. It will look at different types of questions, including where MCQs fit in, and what to think about when writing them.
Liz Norman is a graduate of the University of Sydney who worked in private small animal practice for several years before moving to practice at the University of Melbourne and then the University of Glasgow. She took up an academic position at Massey University in 2001 and is Director of the distance Master of Veterinary Medicine programme. Liz received a national Tertiary Teaching Excellence Award for sustained excellence in 2012 and is currently a Doctoral candidate in Education, researching assessment practices. She has held a position on the Board of Examiners of the Australian College of Veterinary Scientists for 9 years, including 5 years as Assistant Chief Examiner and has been involved in all aspects of the College examination system.
Community medicine curriculum in Sudan Medical Specialization BoardDr Ghaiath Hussein
Community medicine aims to promote health and prevent disease in communities through applying medical, social, and behavioral sciences. It involves diagnosing a population's health status, identifying factors influencing health, and planning/managing healthcare programs. Training in community medicine lasts 4 years and includes an academic program covering relevant sciences, then 2 years of field training in areas like epidemiology, health services administration, and environmental health. Trainees provide services, teach others, conduct research, and submit reports on their rotations to gain experience addressing community health issues.
This module was developed at the School of Public Health, University for the Western Cape for the Postgraduate Certificate in Public Health which was offered as a distance learning module between 2001 and 2008. Health Systems Research is an integral part of the vision for a quality, comprehensive, community-based, participatory and equitable system. This module aims to provide an introduction to the kinds of research conducted within a health system, the research designs and methods used, and how to develop a research protocol.
Author(s): Mickey Chopra, John Coveney
Institution(s): University of the Western Cape
This resource is part of the African Health Open Educational Resources Network: http://www.oerafrica.org/healthoer. The original resource is also available from the authoring institution at http://freecourseware.uwc.ac.za/
Creative Commons license: Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0
This dissertation aimed to investigate whether comprehension of an informed consent form (ICF) differed between participants who read a standard ICF versus those who viewed a multimedia presentation of the ICF. The study used a validated instrument to assess comprehension and collected demographic data from participants after they received one of the two presentations. Previous research on ICF comprehension has shown variable results and has primarily focused on vulnerable populations rather than healthy subjects in Phase I clinical trials. The study hypothesized that the multimedia presentation group would have higher comprehension scores based on Mayer's Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning, which posits that people learn better when information is received through two channels rather than one. The results of the study could help improve the informed consent process and protect research participants if
Data management in NHMRC's revised National Statement on Ethical Conduct in H...ARDC
Presentation from the webinar 'Data management in NHMRC's revised National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research' on 5th September 2018 by Jeremy Kenner, Expert Advisor – Ethics Research Quality and Priorities Branch NHMRC.
This document contains information from Devaprakasam D, a Professor of Mechanical Engineering, on the topics of research ethics and methodology. It defines ethics, research ethics, provides examples of ethical norms in research, summarizes codes and policies for research ethics, and includes two case studies on ethical issues in research. The document is intended to educate researchers on proper ethical conduct and preventing misconduct.
The document provides guidance on writing a research protocol, including its key components and characteristics. A well-written protocol should clearly state the research question/problem and aim, justify the need for the study, and outline the methodology in sufficient detail. Key sections include an introduction with objectives, methods, and ethical/gender considerations. The protocol guides the research plan and must be adhered to strictly.
This document applies to all students registered as a student at Anglia Ruskin University in the Ashcroft International Business School (AIBS), and all their Partner Institutions, regarding the ethical approval of Undergraduate, Taught Postgraduate Masters Dissertations, Research–based Management Research Reports, and Work-based projects. For those undertaking any research/project work outside the UK you are required to ensure that your research/study/project complies with UK legal and ethical requirements.
Protocol writing in clinical research kamalKamal Perera
Perera P.K. Resource person: Workshop on Protocol Writing in Clinical Research: BMARI, Nawinna, Maharagama,Sri Lanka. Organized by: Bandaranaike Memorial Ayurvedic Research Institute (BMARI) Collaboration with World Health Organization 27th January 2015, at Bandaranaike Memorial Ayurvedic Research Institute, Nawinna, Sri Lanka.
The document discusses different types of research methods including quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods research. Quantitative research uses objective measurements and statistical analysis, while qualitative research explores underlying reasons and motivations through methods like interviews. Mixed methods research incorporates both quantitative and qualitative data collection. The document also describes observational studies like case studies and longitudinal studies, as well as experimental research methods like randomized controlled trials that manipulate variables and use control groups.
This document provides guidelines for writing a research protocol for a MD thesis in paediatric medicine at the Institute of Medicine in Nepal. It recommends including a 1-page synopsis with rationale, objectives, methods, and expected results. The protocol should also describe the rationale and background literature, objectives and hypotheses, experimental design including subjects and inclusion/exclusion criteria, number of subjects, analysis methods, materials and methods, study duration and center, budget, and references. Following these guidelines will help MD students to develop their thesis protocol and smoothly start their research work.
This section discusses research and the research process. It defines research as a systematic process of inquiry that seeks to answer problems. The section then presents research as both a linear and cyclical process, moving from identifying a problem to formulating research questions/objectives, determining how to collect and analyze data to answer the questions, and potentially revisiting earlier steps based on new insights or difficulties encountered. The key stages of the general research process discussed are problem identification, question/objective formulation, data collection, analysis, and potential revisiting of earlier stages.
This document provides guidance on developing a research protocol. It defines key differences between a research protocol and proposal. A protocol provides detailed activities and methodology supported by evidence, while a proposal provides a concise summary. It also covers various elements of a strong protocol including introducing the research topic and question, reviewing relevant literature, stating objectives and hypotheses, and detailing the proposed methods and materials. The document emphasizes developing a clear research question and designing a feasible study that addresses an important gap.
This document summarizes a content analysis of 177 doctoral dissertations on open and distance learning published on the ProQuest database in 2018. The analysis found that Northcentral University published the most (23) dissertations. Common keywords included "distance education", "distance learning", and "online". Most studies used qualitative, quantitative, or mixed research designs. Surveys and interviews were popular data collection methods. Common participants were adult learners and faculty. The analysis provides insight into trends in open and distance learning research.
The document provides guidance on selecting evidence-based medicine tools and resources for clinicians. It recommends keeping resources simple, focusing on those that are free or accessible at the point of care. Primary research sites like PubMed and specialized databases like Cochrane and National Guideline Clearinghouse are suggested as starting places. When formulating questions, a systematic search process including guidelines, reviews and primary studies is outlined.
This document discusses various topics related to research methodology, including:
- The meaning of research, types of research approaches, and the scientific method.
- How research can be classified based on its application, objectives, and inquiry mode.
- The difference between research methods, which are techniques used, and methodology, which is the systematic approach.
- Key aspects of research methodology including data collection methods, statistical analysis techniques, and methods to evaluate results.
The document describes preparing Medicaid claims data for directed data mining in SAS. It discusses extracting transactional data from multiple tables, summarizing the data to the recipient level to create total cost targets, and using SAS procedures to transform diagnosis codes, procedures, drugs, and providers into binary input variables for modeling and analysis. The goal is to explain or predict total costs using common directed data mining techniques like decision trees.
This document summarizes a presentation on using data mining to analyze characteristics of high-cost diabetics in the Arkansas Medicaid population. It provides an overview of the Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care (AFMC), describes how a data mining project was initiated to examine costs for diabetics, and outlines the study design which used decision trees to analyze Medicaid claims data from 2004. The results identified that diabetics receiving home health services had costs over 3 times other diabetics, and the top diagnoses for these high-cost patients included diabetes, congestive heart failure, chronic renal failure, and hypertension.
Splunking HL7 Healthcare Data for Business Value Splunk
Healthcare data is time-oriented and diverse. HL7 (Health Level Seven International) is a set of interoperability standards, formats and definitions for exchanging data between software applications used by healthcare providers. In this session, learn how to leverage HL7 data for business value. Through a presentation and demo’s, we will discuss a variety of HL7 use cases from exploring HL7 data within Splunk, addressing missing orders investigations, queuing up integrations, and others. Also, you can learn about the health of the system that is providing these services by using Splunk ITSI.
This course presents the students to the basics of the ethical practice of healthcare provision by the physician, and the professional standards that the students should meet in any of students’ future roles as a doctor. These roles include students’ duties as team-member, practitioner/clinician, researcher, manager/planner, educator, and patient advocate. The ethical issues surrounding these main domains are presented and discussed. The course also aims to enhance the ability of the students to develop and defend an ethical argument.
The document provides an overview of various research methods used in health sciences, including case series, cross-sectional surveys, case-control studies, cohort studies, and randomized controlled trials. It describes the key features and appropriate uses of each study design. Examples are given of studies conducted using each design. The document emphasizes that the appropriate study design depends on the research question, available resources, and desired results.
Measuring what we want to measure, Liz Norman ANZCVS 2013Liz Norman
Measuring what we want to measure: writing excellent questions for College examinations. Plenary lecture at the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists Science Week meeting, 2013
One of the challenges of any examination system is measuring the knowledge skills and judgements that we think are important indicators of achievement. This session will focus on designing and communicating tasks for candidates that let them demonstrate their knowledge, skills and judgement. It will look at different types of questions, including where MCQs fit in, and what to think about when writing them.
Liz Norman is a graduate of the University of Sydney who worked in private small animal practice for several years before moving to practice at the University of Melbourne and then the University of Glasgow. She took up an academic position at Massey University in 2001 and is Director of the distance Master of Veterinary Medicine programme. Liz received a national Tertiary Teaching Excellence Award for sustained excellence in 2012 and is currently a Doctoral candidate in Education, researching assessment practices. She has held a position on the Board of Examiners of the Australian College of Veterinary Scientists for 9 years, including 5 years as Assistant Chief Examiner and has been involved in all aspects of the College examination system.
Community medicine curriculum in Sudan Medical Specialization BoardDr Ghaiath Hussein
Community medicine aims to promote health and prevent disease in communities through applying medical, social, and behavioral sciences. It involves diagnosing a population's health status, identifying factors influencing health, and planning/managing healthcare programs. Training in community medicine lasts 4 years and includes an academic program covering relevant sciences, then 2 years of field training in areas like epidemiology, health services administration, and environmental health. Trainees provide services, teach others, conduct research, and submit reports on their rotations to gain experience addressing community health issues.
This module was developed at the School of Public Health, University for the Western Cape for the Postgraduate Certificate in Public Health which was offered as a distance learning module between 2001 and 2008. Health Systems Research is an integral part of the vision for a quality, comprehensive, community-based, participatory and equitable system. This module aims to provide an introduction to the kinds of research conducted within a health system, the research designs and methods used, and how to develop a research protocol.
Author(s): Mickey Chopra, John Coveney
Institution(s): University of the Western Cape
This resource is part of the African Health Open Educational Resources Network: http://www.oerafrica.org/healthoer. The original resource is also available from the authoring institution at http://freecourseware.uwc.ac.za/
Creative Commons license: Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0
This dissertation aimed to investigate whether comprehension of an informed consent form (ICF) differed between participants who read a standard ICF versus those who viewed a multimedia presentation of the ICF. The study used a validated instrument to assess comprehension and collected demographic data from participants after they received one of the two presentations. Previous research on ICF comprehension has shown variable results and has primarily focused on vulnerable populations rather than healthy subjects in Phase I clinical trials. The study hypothesized that the multimedia presentation group would have higher comprehension scores based on Mayer's Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning, which posits that people learn better when information is received through two channels rather than one. The results of the study could help improve the informed consent process and protect research participants if
Data management in NHMRC's revised National Statement on Ethical Conduct in H...ARDC
Presentation from the webinar 'Data management in NHMRC's revised National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research' on 5th September 2018 by Jeremy Kenner, Expert Advisor – Ethics Research Quality and Priorities Branch NHMRC.
This document contains information from Devaprakasam D, a Professor of Mechanical Engineering, on the topics of research ethics and methodology. It defines ethics, research ethics, provides examples of ethical norms in research, summarizes codes and policies for research ethics, and includes two case studies on ethical issues in research. The document is intended to educate researchers on proper ethical conduct and preventing misconduct.
The document provides guidance on writing a research protocol, including its key components and characteristics. A well-written protocol should clearly state the research question/problem and aim, justify the need for the study, and outline the methodology in sufficient detail. Key sections include an introduction with objectives, methods, and ethical/gender considerations. The protocol guides the research plan and must be adhered to strictly.
This document applies to all students registered as a student at Anglia Ruskin University in the Ashcroft International Business School (AIBS), and all their Partner Institutions, regarding the ethical approval of Undergraduate, Taught Postgraduate Masters Dissertations, Research–based Management Research Reports, and Work-based projects. For those undertaking any research/project work outside the UK you are required to ensure that your research/study/project complies with UK legal and ethical requirements.
Protocol writing in clinical research kamalKamal Perera
Perera P.K. Resource person: Workshop on Protocol Writing in Clinical Research: BMARI, Nawinna, Maharagama,Sri Lanka. Organized by: Bandaranaike Memorial Ayurvedic Research Institute (BMARI) Collaboration with World Health Organization 27th January 2015, at Bandaranaike Memorial Ayurvedic Research Institute, Nawinna, Sri Lanka.
The document discusses different types of research methods including quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods research. Quantitative research uses objective measurements and statistical analysis, while qualitative research explores underlying reasons and motivations through methods like interviews. Mixed methods research incorporates both quantitative and qualitative data collection. The document also describes observational studies like case studies and longitudinal studies, as well as experimental research methods like randomized controlled trials that manipulate variables and use control groups.
This document provides guidelines for writing a research protocol for a MD thesis in paediatric medicine at the Institute of Medicine in Nepal. It recommends including a 1-page synopsis with rationale, objectives, methods, and expected results. The protocol should also describe the rationale and background literature, objectives and hypotheses, experimental design including subjects and inclusion/exclusion criteria, number of subjects, analysis methods, materials and methods, study duration and center, budget, and references. Following these guidelines will help MD students to develop their thesis protocol and smoothly start their research work.
This section discusses research and the research process. It defines research as a systematic process of inquiry that seeks to answer problems. The section then presents research as both a linear and cyclical process, moving from identifying a problem to formulating research questions/objectives, determining how to collect and analyze data to answer the questions, and potentially revisiting earlier steps based on new insights or difficulties encountered. The key stages of the general research process discussed are problem identification, question/objective formulation, data collection, analysis, and potential revisiting of earlier stages.
This document provides guidance on developing a research protocol. It defines key differences between a research protocol and proposal. A protocol provides detailed activities and methodology supported by evidence, while a proposal provides a concise summary. It also covers various elements of a strong protocol including introducing the research topic and question, reviewing relevant literature, stating objectives and hypotheses, and detailing the proposed methods and materials. The document emphasizes developing a clear research question and designing a feasible study that addresses an important gap.
This document summarizes a content analysis of 177 doctoral dissertations on open and distance learning published on the ProQuest database in 2018. The analysis found that Northcentral University published the most (23) dissertations. Common keywords included "distance education", "distance learning", and "online". Most studies used qualitative, quantitative, or mixed research designs. Surveys and interviews were popular data collection methods. Common participants were adult learners and faculty. The analysis provides insight into trends in open and distance learning research.
The document provides guidance on selecting evidence-based medicine tools and resources for clinicians. It recommends keeping resources simple, focusing on those that are free or accessible at the point of care. Primary research sites like PubMed and specialized databases like Cochrane and National Guideline Clearinghouse are suggested as starting places. When formulating questions, a systematic search process including guidelines, reviews and primary studies is outlined.
This document discusses various topics related to research methodology, including:
- The meaning of research, types of research approaches, and the scientific method.
- How research can be classified based on its application, objectives, and inquiry mode.
- The difference between research methods, which are techniques used, and methodology, which is the systematic approach.
- Key aspects of research methodology including data collection methods, statistical analysis techniques, and methods to evaluate results.
The document describes preparing Medicaid claims data for directed data mining in SAS. It discusses extracting transactional data from multiple tables, summarizing the data to the recipient level to create total cost targets, and using SAS procedures to transform diagnosis codes, procedures, drugs, and providers into binary input variables for modeling and analysis. The goal is to explain or predict total costs using common directed data mining techniques like decision trees.
This document summarizes a presentation on using data mining to analyze characteristics of high-cost diabetics in the Arkansas Medicaid population. It provides an overview of the Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care (AFMC), describes how a data mining project was initiated to examine costs for diabetics, and outlines the study design which used decision trees to analyze Medicaid claims data from 2004. The results identified that diabetics receiving home health services had costs over 3 times other diabetics, and the top diagnoses for these high-cost patients included diabetes, congestive heart failure, chronic renal failure, and hypertension.
Splunking HL7 Healthcare Data for Business Value Splunk
Healthcare data is time-oriented and diverse. HL7 (Health Level Seven International) is a set of interoperability standards, formats and definitions for exchanging data between software applications used by healthcare providers. In this session, learn how to leverage HL7 data for business value. Through a presentation and demo’s, we will discuss a variety of HL7 use cases from exploring HL7 data within Splunk, addressing missing orders investigations, queuing up integrations, and others. Also, you can learn about the health of the system that is providing these services by using Splunk ITSI.
Challenges in understanding clinical notes: Why NLP engines fall short and wh...Sujan Perera
Understanding of Electronic Medical Records(EMRs) plays a crucial role in improving healthcare outcomes. However, the unstructured nature of EMRs poses several technical challenges for structured information extraction from clinical notes leading to automatic analysis. Natural Language Processing(NLP) techniques developed to process EMRs are effective for variety of tasks, they often fail to preserve the semantics of original information expressed in EMRs, particularly in complex scenarios. This paper illustrates the complexity of the problems involved and deals with conflicts created due to the shortcomings of NLP techniques and demonstrates where domain specific knowledge bases can come to rescue in resolving conflicts that can significantly improve the semantic annotation and structured information extraction. We discuss various insights gained from our study on real world dataset.
For efficient and innovative use of big data, it is important to integrate multiple data bases across domains. For example, various public data bases are developed in life science, and how to find a novel scientific result using them is an essential technique. In social and business areas, open data strategies in many countries promote diversity of public data, how to combine big data and open data is a big challenge. That is, diversity of dataset is a problem to be solved for big data.
Ontology gives a systematized knowledge to integrate multiple datasets across domains with semantics of them. Linked Data also provides techniques to interlink datasets based on semantic web technologies. We consider that combinations of ontology and Linked Data based on ontological engineering can contribute to solution of diversity problem in big data.
In this talk, I discuss how ontological engineering could be applied to big data with some trial examples.
4 Essential Lessons for Adopting Predictive Analytics in HealthcareHealth Catalyst
Predictive analytics is quite a popular current topic. Unfortunately, there are many potential side tracks or pit falls for those that do not approach this carefully. Fortunately for healthcare, there are numerous existing models from other industries that are very efficient at risk stratification in the realm of population management. David Crocket, PhD shares 4 key pitfalls to avoid for those beginning predictive analytics. These include
1) confusing data with insight
2) confusing insight with value
3) overestimating the ability to interpret the data
4) underestimating the challenge of implementation.
This document provides an overview of data mining, including its definition, origins, necessity, and applications. Data mining is defined as the extraction of implicit, unknown patterns from large data sets by automatic or semi-automatic means. It has its roots in statistics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning. With huge amounts of data now being collected, data mining is necessary to help organizations discover useful knowledge from their data and gain business insights. It has wide applications in areas like marketing, finance, fraud detection, and health care.
Data Mining in Healthcare: How Health Systems Can Improve Quality and Reduce...Health Catalyst
This is the complete 4-part series demonstrating real-world examples of the power of data mining in healthcare. Effective data mining requires a three-system approach: the analytics system (including an EDW), the content system (and systematically applying evidence-based best practices to care delivery), and the deployment system (driving change management throughout the organization and implementing a dedicated team structure). Here, we also show organizations with successful data-mining-application in critical areas such as: tracking fee-for-service and value-based payer contracts, population health management initiatives involving primary care reporting, and reducing hospital readmissions. Having the data and tools to use data mining and predict trends is giving these health systems a big advantage.
Clinical practice critical_research_paper essay sample from assignmentsupport...https://writeessayuk.com/
The document summarizes a qualitative research study that analyzed paradoxical realities in everyday clinical practice through interviews and surveys across 13 healthcare organizations in Canada. Key themes identified included near misses as a metaphor for system vulnerabilities, factors contributing to near misses like communication issues, and strategies for safer processes like improved training. Researchers conducted ethics-approved interviews with healthcare professionals and patients on their experiences. Data analysis identified major themes around system gaps and opportunities for enhanced safety. The rigorous study provided valuable insights into improving the healthcare system.
TEST BANK For Evidence-Based Practice for Nurses Appraisal and Application of...robinsonayot
TEST BANK For Evidence-Based Practice for Nurses Appraisal and Application of Research, 5th Edition by Schmidt, Brown, Verified Chapters 1 - 19, Complete Newest Version.pdf
TEST BANK For Evidence-Based Practice for Nurses Appraisal and Application of Research, 5th Edition by Schmidt, Brown, Verified Chapters 1 - 19, Complete Newest Version.pdf
TEST BANK For Evidence-Based Practice for Nurses Appraisal and Application of...rightmanforbloodline
TEST BANK For Evidence-Based Practice for Nurses Appraisal and Application of Research, 5th Edition by Schmidt, Brown, Verified Chapters 1 - 19, Complete Newest Version
TEST BANK For Evidence-Based Practice for Nurses Appraisal and Application of Research, 5th Edition by Schmidt, Brown, Verified Chapters 1 - 19, Complete Newest Version
TEST BANK For Evidence-Based Practice for Nurses Appraisal and Application of Research, 5th Edition by Schmidt, Brown, Verified Chapters 1 - 19, Complete Newest Version
Understanding Nursing Research Building an Practice.pdfsdfghj21
This document provides an overview of the 6th edition of the textbook "Understanding Nursing Research: Building an Evidence-Based Practice" by Susan K. Grove, Jennifer R. Gray, and Nancy Burns. The textbook covers topics such as quantitative and qualitative research, ethics, research designs, sampling, measurement, statistics, outcomes research, and evidence-based practice. It includes 14 chapters that discuss key concepts and provide examples to help readers understand nursing research and how to build an evidence-based practice. The document lists the table of contents and contributor biographies to provide context about the textbook.
This document discusses the role of health sciences librarians in evidence-based practice and outlines several key points:
1) It defines evidence-based practice and describes the evolution of evidence-based medicine, noting its emergence as a new paradigm for medical practice.
2) It outlines the key steps in the evidence-based practice process, including question framing using structures like PICO, identifying different levels of evidence, critical appraisal of sources, and searching for and screening systematic reviews.
3) It discusses the role of librarians in supporting evidence-based practice through skills like developing comprehensive search strategies, selecting appropriate sources, and keeping detailed records to allow searches to be replicated. Librarians can teach
The document discusses conducting literature searches as part of the evidence-based practice process. It provides instructions for students to search the literature on a topic related to their PICOT question, including using different databases at each level of the evidence hierarchy. Two classmates post summaries of their literature searches, describing the search terms and databases used and comparing the types and value of information found at different levels. They emphasize the importance of refining search terms and understanding the evidence hierarchy for an effective literature search.
Evidence-based practice (EBP) aims to help healthcare organizations meet the Quadruple Aim of improving patient experience, population health, costs, and provider work life. EBP integrates research evidence, clinical expertise, and patient values into decision-making. It can help enhance patient experience through better care, improve population health by generating insight into health characteristics, reduce costs by improving value and seamless data tracking, and improve provider work life by identifying stressors and easing burdens. Overall, EBP provides an approach for organizations to consider when aiming to achieve the balanced objectives of the Quadruple Aim.
A journal club is an educational meeting where a group reads, evaluates, and discusses current articles from the biomedical literature. It provides a forum for professionals and students to critically evaluate evidence and keep up with the latest research. The first documented journal club was formed in the mid-1800s in London by Sir James Paget and colleagues to read and discuss medical journals. However, the first formal journal club is widely considered to be established by Sir William Osler at McGill University in 1875. Successful journal clubs involve formulating a clear clinical question, searching for relevant evidence, critically appraising the evidence, and discussing implications for practice.
Knowledge Translation in Child Welfare: Researcher-on-call toolChristine Wekerle
This document discusses knowledge translation (KT) in child welfare. It defines KT as the exchange and application of research findings within interactions between researchers and knowledge users. The purpose of KT is to address the gap between research production and implementation in practice. It describes a researcher-on-call tool developed to facilitate KT between researchers and child welfare workers. The tool allows workers to submit questions about cases to researchers, who then search for and summarize relevant research to inform decision-making.
This presentation was funded by CDC and PEPFAR through the SUCCEED project at Stellenbosch University. The presentation was delivered by Ms Lynn Hendricks from the Centre for Evidence Based Health Care in July 2017
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EVIDENCE –BASED PRACTICES 1
Evidence-Based Practices
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Miami Regional University
Professor: Garcia Mercedes
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Evidence-Based Practices to Guide Clinical Practices
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The relationship between the theory, research, and the EBP supports the three recognition programs. They still relate in terms of the magnet model component of modern knowledge, innovation, and advancement. They describe in a way in which they lead to the promotion of quality in a setting that makes supports professional practices. Second, there is the identification of excellence in giving nursing services to sick people or the people who stay around. For instance, the model, which is other terms the magnet theory, has got five components ( Reddy, 2018).
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The research has its primary purpose for the help of coming up with knowledge or the validation done for the knowledge that has always been there from before based on the theory. There is systematic, scientific questioning in the research to give the answers to some of the specific questions. It can use the test hypotheses and the rigorous method, the primary purpose of the study being for investigation knowing of the new things and the exploration. There is a need to understand the philosophy of science.
Second, on the EBP, there is no development of the new knowledge or even the learning being validated. The primary purpose of the EBP is to translate the evidence and then apply it to medical executive. It uses the indication available to brand patient-care choices. The EBP goes yonder the exploration as fine as the persevering penchants and ideals. The EBP retains into deliberation that the best indication is for the opinion leaders and the experts. Even though there is the existence of definitiv ...
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Macquarie University Workshop on Text Mining and Health
1. Macquarie University Workshop on Text Mining
and Health
Diego Molla
Macquarie University,
Sydney, Australia
http://comp.mq.edu.au/research/collaboration-workshops/2014-mq-clinical-nlp/
26 September 2014
2. About the Workshop Text Mining for Evidence Based Medicine Our Research In Progress / Future Research
Contents
1 About the Workshop
2 Text Mining for Evidence Based Medicine
The Scenario
3 Our Research
A Corpus for EBM Summarisation
Single-document Query-based Summarisation
Evidence Grading
Clustering
4 In Progress / Future Research
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Aims of the Workshop
Bring together
Medical researchers and
practitioners
Researchers in text mining
and related areas
Why?
Find ideas for collaboration
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Some Statistics
Registered: 50+
Presentations: 13 + 1
Institutions represented
1 Macquarie University
2 IBM Research
3 The University of Melbourne
4 Defense Science and
Technology Organisation
5 The University of Queensland
6 RMIT University
7 Monash University
8 Royal Melbourne Hospital
9 Alfred Health
10 Queensland University of
Technology
11 The Commonwealth Scienti
5. c
and Industrial Research
Organisation
12 Semantic Software Asia Paci
6. c
13 The University of New South
Wales
14 Bond University
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Program
Time Session
8:45 { 9:00 Registration
9:00 { 9:30 Diego Molla
Introduction and research ideas | Text Mining for Evidence Based Medicine
9:30 { 10:30 Session 1 (6 presentations)
Antonio Jimeno: Text analytics for Healthcare at IBM Research | Australia
Karin Verspoor: Syndromic Surveillance from Emergency Department triage notes
Tudor Groza: Phenotype concept recognition: State of the art and future directions
Simon Kocbek: Topic modeling of Emergency Department Triage notes for characterising pain-related
chief complaints
Lawrence Cavedon: Text mining for lung cancer cases over large patient admission data
Reza Haari: Intelligent Analysis of Health Record Data
10:30 { 10:45 Break
10:45 { 11:55 Session 2 (7 presentations)
Guido Zuccon: Towards Exploiting Inference from Semantic Annotations for Medical Information
Retrieval
Laurianne Sitbon: Delivering Clinical Information Extraction Tools to Practitioners
Dung Xuan Thi Le: A Transformation of Free Text to Semantic Data for Analysis Purposes
Mark Johnson: Extracting and Exploiting Relational Information in Text Data Mining
Guy Tsafnat: Agent-based evidence gathering, synthesis and dissemination
Miew Keen Choong: Automatic clinical evidence discovery with citation networks
Adam Dunn: Automatic classi
8. cation of published clinical articles using metadata instead of content
11:55 { 12:30 Discussion and closing
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Thanks to . . .
Department of Computing
Centre for Language Sciences (CLaS)
. . . you all!
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Contents
1 About the Workshop
2 Text Mining for Evidence Based Medicine
The Scenario
3 Our Research
A Corpus for EBM Summarisation
Single-document Query-based Summarisation
Evidence Grading
Clustering
4 In Progress / Future Research
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Contents
1 About the Workshop
2 Text Mining for Evidence Based Medicine
The Scenario
3 Our Research
A Corpus for EBM Summarisation
Single-document Query-based Summarisation
Evidence Grading
Clustering
4 In Progress / Future Research
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Evidence Based Medicine
http://laikaspoetnik.wordpress.com/2009/04/04/evidence-based-medicine-the-facebook-of-medicine/
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The Search Space is Huge
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Suggested Steps in EBM
http://hlwiki.slais.ubc.ca/index.php?title=Five_steps_of_EBM
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Where can Research in Text Processing Help?
Questions:
Help formulate
answerable questions.
Question analysis and
classi
16. cation.
Search:
Retrieve and rank
relevant literature.
Extract the
evidence-based
information.
Summarise the results.
Appraisal: Classify the
evidence.
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Where can Research in Text Processing Help?
Questions:
Help formulate
answerable questions.
Question analysis and
classi
18. cation.
Search:
Retrieve and rank
relevant literature.
Extract the
evidence-based
information.
Summarise the results.
Appraisal: Classify the
evidence.
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Where can Research in Text Processing Help?
Questions:
Help formulate
answerable questions.
Question analysis and
classi
20. cation.
Search:
Retrieve and rank
relevant literature.
Extract the
evidence-based
information.
Summarise the results.
Appraisal: Classify the
evidence.
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Contents
1 About the Workshop
2 Text Mining for Evidence Based Medicine
The Scenario
3 Our Research
A Corpus for EBM Summarisation
Single-document Query-based Summarisation
Evidence Grading
Clustering
4 In Progress / Future Research
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Contents
1 About the Workshop
2 Text Mining for Evidence Based Medicine
The Scenario
3 Our Research
A Corpus for EBM Summarisation
Single-document Query-based Summarisation
Evidence Grading
Clustering
4 In Progress / Future Research
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Journal of Family Practice's Clinical Inquiries
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Components of the Corpus
Question Direct extract from the source.
Answer Split from the source and manually checked.
Evidence Extracted from the source.
Additional text Manually extracted from the source and massaged.
References PMID looked up in PubMed (automatic and manual
procedure).
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Corpus Statistics
Size
456 questions (records).
1,396 answer parts (snips).
3,036 answer justi
26. cations (longs).
3,705 references:
2,908 unique references.
2,657 XML abstracts from PubMed.
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Our Vision
Which treatments work best for hemorrhoids?
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Our Vision
Which treatments work best for hemorrhoids?
(SOR B) Excision is the most eective treatment for
thrombosed external hemorrhoids
(SOR A) Hemorrhoidectomy is the best treatment for
prolapsed internal hemorrhoids
(SOR A) Rubber band ligation produces the lowest level of
recurrence among nonoperative techniques
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Contents
1 About the Workshop
2 Text Mining for Evidence Based Medicine
The Scenario
3 Our Research
A Corpus for EBM Summarisation
Single-document Query-based Summarisation
Evidence Grading
Clustering
4 In Progress / Future Research
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Single-document Query-based Summarisation
Input
Which treatments work best for hemorrhoids?
Abstract of Greenspon J, Williams SB, Young HA ,et al. Thrombosed
external hemorrhoids: outcome after conservative or surgical
management. Dis Colon Rectum. 2004; 47: 1493-1498.
Output
A retrospective study of 231 patients treated conservatively or surgically found
that the 48.5% of patients treated surgically had a lower recurrence rate than
the conservative group (number needed to treat [NNT]=2 for recurrence at
mean follow-up of 7.6 months) and earlier resolution of symptoms (average 3.9
days compared with 24 days for conservative treatment).
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Extractive Summarisation by Sarker et al. (CBMS 2012)
Input
Which treatments work best for hemorrhoids?
Abstract of Greenspon J, Williams SB, Young HA ,et al. Thrombosed
external hemorrhoids: outcome after conservative or surgical
management. Dis Colon Rectum. 2004; 47: 1493-1498.
Output
The aim was to test the ecacy of local application of nifedipine ointment in healing acute thrombosed external
hemorrhoids.
Results obtained were as follows: complete relief of pain in 43 patients (86 percent) of the nifedipine-treated group
as opposed to 24 patients (50 percent) of the control group after 7 days of therapy (P 0.01); oral analgesics
were used by 4 patients (8 percent) in the nifedipine-treated group as opposed to 26 patients (54.1 percent) of the
control group after 7 days of therapy (P 0.01); and resolution of acute thrombosed external hemorrhoids was
achieved after 14 days of therapy in 46 patients (92 percent) of the nifedipine-treated group, as opposed to 22
patients (45.8 percent) of the control group (P 0.01).
Our study clearly demonstrates that the use of topical nifedipine, which at present is for treatment of
cardiovascular disorders, is a reliable new option in the conservative treatment of thrombosed external hemorrhoids.
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General Approach (Sarker et al., CBMS 2012)
In a Nutshell
1 Gather statistics from the best 3-sentence extracts.
Exhaustive search to
33. nd these best extracts.
Used ROUGE to automatically compare the extracts with the
target output.
2 Build three classi
36. er 1 based on statistics from best 1st sentence.
Classi
37. er 2 based on statistics from best 2nd sentence.
Classi
38. er 3 based on statistics from best 3rd sentence.
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Results
System F-Score 95% CI Percentile (%)
L3 0.159 0.155{0.163 60.3
O3 0.161 0.158{0.165 77.5
R 0.158 0.154{0.161 50.3
O 0.159 0.155{0.164 60.3
PI 0.160 0.157{0.164 69.4
PD 0.166 0.162{0.170 97.3
L3=Last three sentences. O3=Last three PIBOSO outcome sentences.
R=Random. O=All outcome sentences. PI=Sentence position independent.
PD=Sentence position dependent (our proposal).
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Contents
1 About the Workshop
2 Text Mining for Evidence Based Medicine
The Scenario
3 Our Research
A Corpus for EBM Summarisation
Single-document Query-based Summarisation
Evidence Grading
Clustering
4 In Progress / Future Research
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The ALTA 2011 Shared Task
The ALTA Shared Tasks
Competitions where all participants
are evaluated on the same data.
The ALTA 2011 shared task was
based on evidence grading.
The Data
Clusters of abstracts.
The SOR grade of each cluster.
The SORT Taxonomy
A Consistent and good-quality
patient-oriented evidence.
B Inconsistent or limited-quality
patient-oriented evidence.
C Consensus, usual practise, opinion,
disease-oriented evidence, or case
series for studies of diagnosis,
treatment, prevention, or
screening.
Data Fragment
41711 B 10553790 15265350
53581 C 12804123 16026213 14627885
53583 B 15213586
52401 A 15329425 9058342 11279767
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Cascaded Classi
43. cation (Molla Sarker, ALTA 2011)
Process: Cascaded SVMs
1 Default class: B.
2 SVMs with abstract n-grams to identify A and C.
3 SVMs with publication types to identify A and C.
4 SVMs with title n-grams to identify A and C.
Results
Method Accuracy C I
Majority (B) 48.63% 41.5 { 55.83
Cascaded SVMs 62.84%
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Contents
1 About the Workshop
2 Text Mining for Evidence Based Medicine
The Scenario
3 Our Research
A Corpus for EBM Summarisation
Single-document Query-based Summarisation
Evidence Grading
Clustering
4 In Progress / Future Research
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Clustering for EBM Summarisation
Input
QUESTION:
Which treatments work
best for hemorrhoids?
DOCUMENTS:
[11289288] [12972967]
[1442682] [15486746]
[16235372] [16252313]
[17054255] [17380367]
clustering
=)
Output
1 [11289288] [12972967]
[15486746]
2 [17054255] [17380367]
3 [1442682] [16252313]
[16235372]
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Clustering Approach (Shash Molla 2013)
K-means
(non-overlapping
clustering).
Unigram-based
features.
lowercased, stop
words removed,
tf.idf of
remaining
words.
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Results
Table 1: Average entropy for optimal K clusters.
UMLS UMLS
Measure Whole XML Abstract only concepts only semantic types
Euclidean 0.260 0.264 0.274 0.310
Correlation 0.348 0.362 0.349 0.347
Cosine 0.249 0.266 0.277 0.298
Dice 0.332 0.328 0.324 0.334
Jaccard 0.320 0.330 0.317 0.327
Manhattan 0.288 0.299 0.305 0.296
Entropy of pure random clustering is log2(1=K) = 1:263.
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Contents
1 About the Workshop
2 Text Mining for Evidence Based Medicine
The Scenario
3 Our Research
A Corpus for EBM Summarisation
Single-document Query-based Summarisation
Evidence Grading
Clustering
4 In Progress / Future Research
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In Progress: A Proof-of-Concept System (Michael van
Treeck, Masters of IT) I
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In Progress: A Proof-of-Concept System (Michael van
Treeck, Masters of IT) II
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In Progress: Identifying Keywords of the Answer (Jiwei
Guan, Masters of Research)
Keyword Extraction Techniques
tf.idf
Using Part of Speech
Using information from the answer
. . .
Keyphrase Extraction Techniques
C-Value, NC-Value
Part of Speech Patterns
. . .
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Future Research
Fine-tune search techniques
Incorporate question types
Label the clusters
Combine single summaries
Test with real people
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Thank You
Questions?
Further information about our research:
http://web.science.mq.edu.au/~diego/medicalnlp/
Diego
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