Reporting adverse experiences related to drugs: an ontology-based tool to help the citizens

AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2008 Nov 6:923.

Abstract

An ontology-based tool to assist citizens to fill in the form reporting adverse drug experiences is introduced. It allows easier and faster data collection and consequently helps preventing underreporting.

MeSH terms

  • Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting Systems / organization & administration*
  • Algorithms
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions / classification*
  • Humans
  • Information Storage and Retrieval / methods
  • Italy
  • Medical History Taking / methods*
  • Natural Language Processing*
  • Software*
  • User-Computer Interface*