Ontology-based specification and generation of search queries for post-market surveillance

• Published in: Journal of biomedical semantics Vol. 10; no. 1; pp. 9 - 13
• Main Authors: Uciteli, Alexandr, Kropf, Stefan, Weiland, Timo, Meese, Stefanie, Graef, Klaus, Rohrer, Sabrina, Schurr, Marc O., Bartussek, Wolfram, Goller, Christoph, Blohm, Philipp, Seidel, Robin, Bayer, Christian, Kernenbach, Manuel, Pfeiffer, Kathrin, Lauer, Wolfgang, Meyer, Jörg-Uwe, Witte, Michael, Herre, Heinrich
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 30.05.2019; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Biological Ontologies; Data Mining - methods; Domains; Equipment and Supplies - adverse effects; Information retrieval; Information storage and retrieval; Intelligence gathering; Markets; Medical devices; Medical electronics; Medical equipment; Ontology; Ontology generation; Post-market surveillance; Product Surveillance, Postmarketing; Queries; Safety; Search engines; Search queries; Searching; Service oriented architecture; Specifications; Spreadsheet software; Spreadsheet-based ontology specification; Surveillance; Search queries; Information retrieval; Spreadsheet-based ontology specification; Ontology; Post-market surveillance; Ontology generation

The vigilant observation of medical devices during post-market surveillance (PMS) for identifying safety-relevant incidents is a non-trivial task. A wide range of sources has to be monitored in order to integrate all accessible data about the safety and performance of a medical device. PMS needs to...