Using semantic web technologies for cohort identification from electronic health records for clinical research

• Published in: AMIA Summits on Translational Science proceedings Vol. 2012; pp. 10 - 19
• Main Authors: Pathak, Jyotishman, Kiefer, Richard C, Chute, Christopher G
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Medical Informatics Association 2012

The ability to conduct genome-wide association studies (GWAS) has enabled new exploration of how genetic variations contribute to health and disease etiology. One of the key requirements to perform GWAS is the identification of subject cohorts with accurate classification of disease phenotypes. In t...