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2022
William Van Woensel; Samina Abidi; Karthik Tennankore; George Worthen; Syed Sibte Raza Abidi
Explainable Decision Support using Task Network Models in Notation3: Computerizing Lipid Management Clinical Guidelines as Interactive Task Networks Inproceedings
In: 20th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (AIME 2022), June 14-17, 2022, Halifax, Springer, 2022.
BibTeX | Tags: Clinical Decision Support Systems, Clinical guidelines, Notation3, Semantic Web reasoning, Task Network Models
@inproceedings{glean_2022,
title = {Explainable Decision Support using Task Network Models in Notation3: Computerizing Lipid Management Clinical Guidelines as Interactive Task Networks},
author = {William Van Woensel and Samina Abidi and Karthik Tennankore and George Worthen and Syed Sibte Raza Abidi},
year = {2022},
date = {2022-06-17},
urldate = {2022-06-17},
booktitle = {20th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (AIME 2022), June 14-17, 2022, Halifax},
publisher = {Springer},
keywords = {Clinical Decision Support Systems, Clinical guidelines, Notation3, Semantic Web reasoning, Task Network Models},
pubstate = {published},
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}
William Van Woensel; Samina Abidi; Karthik Tennankore; George Worthen; Syed Sibte Raza Abidi
Clinical Guidelines as Executable and Interactive Workflows with FHIR-Compliant Health Data Input using GLEAN Inproceedings
In: 20th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (AIME 2022): Demo Track, June 14-17, Halifax, 2022, Springer, 2022.
BibTeX | Tags: Clinical Decision Support Systems, Clinical guidelines, Notation3, Semantic Web reasoning, Task Network Models
@inproceedings{glean-demo,
title = {Clinical Guidelines as Executable and Interactive Workflows with FHIR-Compliant Health Data Input using GLEAN},
author = {William Van Woensel and Samina Abidi and Karthik Tennankore and George Worthen and Syed Sibte Raza Abidi},
year = {2022},
date = {2022-06-17},
urldate = {2022-06-17},
booktitle = {20th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (AIME 2022): Demo Track, June 14-17, Halifax, 2022},
publisher = {Springer},
keywords = {Clinical Decision Support Systems, Clinical guidelines, Notation3, Semantic Web reasoning, Task Network Models},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {inproceedings}
}
2021
D O'Sullivan; W Van Woensel; S Wilk; S W Tu; W Michalowski; S Abidi; M Carrier; R Edry; I Hochberg; S Kingwell; K Kogan; M Michalowski; H O'Sullivan; M Peleg
Towards a framework for comparing functionalities of multimorbidity clinical decision support: A literature-based feature set and benchmark cases Inproceedings
In: AMIA 2021 Annual Symposium, San Diego, CA, 2021.
BibTeX | Tags: Clinical Decision Support Systems, Comorbidity
@inproceedings{OSullivan2021,
title = {Towards a framework for comparing functionalities of multimorbidity clinical decision support: A literature-based feature set and benchmark cases},
author = {D O'Sullivan and W Van Woensel and S Wilk and S W Tu and W Michalowski and S Abidi and M Carrier and R Edry and I Hochberg and S Kingwell and K Kogan and M Michalowski and H O'Sullivan and M Peleg},
year = {2021},
date = {2021-10-30},
urldate = {2021-01-01},
booktitle = {AMIA 2021 Annual Symposium},
address = {San Diego, CA},
keywords = {Clinical Decision Support Systems, Comorbidity},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {inproceedings}
}
Jaber Rad; Jason Quinn; Calvino Cheng; Robert Liwski; Samina Raza Abidi; Syed Sibte Raza Abidi
Using Interactive Visual Analytics to Optimize in Real-Time Blood Products Inventory at a Blood Bank Inproceedings
In: 31st Medical Informatics Europe (MIE2021), 2021.
BibTeX | Tags: Blood Inventory Management, Clinical Decision Support Systems, Visual analytics
@inproceedings{rad2021,
title = {Using Interactive Visual Analytics to Optimize in Real-Time Blood Products Inventory at a Blood Bank},
author = {Jaber Rad and Jason Quinn and Calvino Cheng and Robert Liwski and Samina Raza Abidi and Syed Sibte Raza Abidi},
year = {2021},
date = {2021-05-29},
urldate = {2021-05-29},
booktitle = {31st Medical Informatics Europe (MIE2021)},
keywords = {Blood Inventory Management, Clinical Decision Support Systems, Visual analytics},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {inproceedings}
}
2020
William Van Woensel; Samina Abidi; Borna Jafarpour; Syed Sibte Raza Abidi
A CIG Integration Framework to Provide Decision Support for Comorbid Conditions using Transaction-based Semantics and Temporal Planning Inproceedings
In: International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (AIME 2020), 2020.
Abstract | BibTeX | Tags: Clinical Decision Support Systems, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Comorbidities, Ontology, Semantic Web
@inproceedings{VANWOENSEL2020-COCIG1,
title = {A CIG Integration Framework to Provide Decision Support for Comorbid Conditions using Transaction-based Semantics and Temporal Planning},
author = {William Van Woensel and Samina Abidi and Borna Jafarpour and Syed Sibte Raza Abidi},
year = {2020},
date = {2020-08-01},
urldate = {2020-08-01},
booktitle = {International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (AIME 2020)},
abstract = {Managing comorbid conditions, i.e., patients with multiple medical conditions, is quite challenging for Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSS) based on computerized Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG). In case of comorbidity, CDSS will need to recommend treatments from multiple different CPG, which may adversely interact (e.g., drug-disease interactions), or introduce inefficiencies. A-priori, static integration of computerized comorbid CPG is insufficient for clinical practice. In this paper, we present a solution for dynamic integration of CPG in response to evolving health profiles. Using Description and Transaction Logics, we define a set of CIG integration semantics for encoding integration decisions that cope with comorbidity issues at execution-time. These dynamic, transaction-based semantics are well-suited to roll back prior decisions when no longer safe or efficient; or, inversely, apply new decisions when relevant. Moreover, comorbid CIG integration should consider temporal properties of CIG tasks—at execution-time, these properties will be influenced by a range of temporal constraints. Given all temporal constraints, optimal task schedules will be calculated that will determine the feasibility of CIG integration decisions.},
keywords = {Clinical Decision Support Systems, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Comorbidities, Ontology, Semantic Web},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {inproceedings}
}
2018
Ben Rose Davis; E. Stringer; Samina Abidi; Syed Sibte Raza Abidi
Interactive Dialogue-Based Patient Education for Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Using Argument Theory Inproceedings
In: 28th European Medical Informatics Conference (MIE2018), April 24 - 26, IOSPress, Gothenburg, Sweden, 2018.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Clinical Decision Support Systems, Health Informatics, Patient Education, Personalized Medicine
@inproceedings{davis-mie-2018,
title = {Interactive Dialogue-Based Patient Education for Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Using Argument Theory},
author = {Ben Rose Davis and E. Stringer and Samina Abidi and Syed Sibte Raza Abidi},
url = {https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29678020},
year = {2018},
date = {2018-04-24},
booktitle = {28th European Medical Informatics Conference (MIE2018), April 24 - 26},
publisher = {IOSPress},
address = {Gothenburg, Sweden},
abstract = {Families of children with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis need a way to interact with Patient Education Materials (PEM) so that learning occurs at their own pace, on topics that are relevant to them. This paper proposes a novel, dialogue-based approach to address these needs. Using an extended version of Toulmin's model of argument as a theory-based classification method, we digitized paper-based PEM to render an interactive dialogue. The dialogue allows the user to explore a topic with respect to their interests and apprehensions as opposed to providing a static, generic document.},
keywords = {Clinical Decision Support Systems, Health Informatics, Patient Education, Personalized Medicine},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {inproceedings}
}
Ali Daowd; Samina Abidi; Ashraf Abusharekh; Syed Sibte Raza Abidi
A Personalized Risk Stratification Platform for Population Lifetime Healthcare Inproceedings
In: 28th European Medical Informatics Conference (MIE2018), April 24 - 26, IOSPress, Gothenburg, Sweden, 2018.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Clinical Decision Support Systems, Health Informatics, Personalized Medicine
@inproceedings{daowd-mie-2018,
title = {A Personalized Risk Stratification Platform for Population Lifetime Healthcare},
author = {Ali Daowd and Samina Abidi and Ashraf Abusharekh and Syed Sibte Raza Abidi},
url = {https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29678095},
year = {2018},
date = {2018-04-24},
booktitle = {28th European Medical Informatics Conference (MIE2018), April 24 - 26},
publisher = {IOSPress},
address = {Gothenburg, Sweden},
abstract = {Chronic diseases are the leading cause of death worldwide. It is well understood that if modifiable risk factors are targeted, most chronic diseases can be prevented. Lifetime health is an emerging health paradigm that aims to assist individuals to achieve desired health targets, and avoid harmful lifecycle choices to mitigate the risk of chronic diseases. Early risk identification is central to lifetime health. In this paper, we present a digital health-based platform (PRISM) that leverages artificial intelligence, data visualization and mobile health technologies to empower citizens to self-assess, self-monitor and self-manage their overall risk of major chronic diseases and pursue personalized chronic disease prevention programs. PRISM offers risk assessment tools for 5 chronic conditions, 2 psychiatric disorders and 8 different cancers.},
keywords = {Clinical Decision Support Systems, Health Informatics, Personalized Medicine},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {inproceedings}
}
2017
Samina Abidi
In: J. Medical Systems, 41 (12), pp. 193:1 - 193:19, 2017.
Links | BibTeX | Tags: Clinical Decision Support Systems, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Comorbidities, Knowledge Modelling, Knowledge Translation
@article{DBLP:journals/jms/Abidi17,
title = {A Knowledge-Modeling Approach to Integrate Multiple Clinical Practice Guidelines to Provide Evidence-Based Clinical Decision Support for Managing Comorbid Conditions},
author = {Samina Abidi},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1007/s10916-017-0841-1},
doi = {10.1007/s10916-017-0841-1},
year = {2017},
date = {2017-10-16},
journal = {J. Medical Systems},
volume = {41},
number = {12},
pages = {193:1 - 193:19},
keywords = {Clinical Decision Support Systems, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Comorbidities, Knowledge Modelling, Knowledge Translation},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
2016
Samina Raza Abidi; Jafna Cox; Ashraf Abusharekh; Nima Hashemian; Syed Sibte Raza Abidi
A Digital Health System to Assist Family Physicians to Safely Prescribe NOAC Medication Inproceedings
In: Exploring Complexity in Health: An Interdisciplinary Systems Approach. 26th European Medical Informatics Conference (MIE2016), Munich, pp. 519-523, IOS Press, 2016.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Clinical Decision Support Systems, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Digital Health
@inproceedings{Abidi2016b,
title = {A Digital Health System to Assist Family Physicians to Safely Prescribe NOAC Medication},
author = {Samina Raza Abidi and Jafna Cox and Ashraf Abusharekh and Nima Hashemian and Syed Sibte Raza Abidi},
doi = {10.3233/978-1-61499-678-1-519},
year = {2016},
date = {2016-08-15},
booktitle = {Exploring Complexity in Health: An Interdisciplinary Systems Approach. 26th European Medical Informatics Conference (MIE2016), Munich},
volume = {228},
pages = {519-523},
publisher = {IOS Press},
series = {Studies in Health Technology and Informatics},
abstract = {Atrial Fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia. Generally, the therapeutic options for managing AF include the use of anticoagulant drugs that prevent the coagulation of blood. New Oral Anticoagulants (NOACs) are not optimally prescribed to patients, despite their efficacy. In Canada, NOAC medications are not directly available to patients who belong to provincial benefits programs, rather a NOAC special authorization process establishes the eligibility of a patient to receive a NOAC and be paid by the provincial Pharmacare program. This special authorization process is tedious and paper-based which inhibits physicians to prescribe NOAC leading to suboptimal AF care to patients. In this paper, we present a computerized NOAC Authorization Decision Support System (NOAC-ADSS), accessible to physicians to help them (a) determine a patient eligibility for NOAC based on Canadian AF clinical guidelines, and (b) complete the special authorization form. We present a semantic web based system to ontologically model the NOAC eligibility criteria and execute the knowledge to determine a patient NOAC eligibility and dosage},
keywords = {Clinical Decision Support Systems, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Digital Health},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {inproceedings}
}
Hossein Mohammadhassanzadeh; William Van Woensel; Samina Raza Abidi; Syed Sibte Raza Abidi
A Semantic Web-based Approach to Plausible Reasoning for Improving Clinical Knowledge Engineering Inproceedings
In: IEEE International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics, Las Vegas, 2016.
Abstract | BibTeX | Tags: Clinical Decision Support Systems, Plausbile Reasoning, Semantic Web
@inproceedings{Mohammadhassanzadeh2016,
title = {A Semantic Web-based Approach to Plausible Reasoning for Improving Clinical Knowledge Engineering},
author = {Hossein Mohammadhassanzadeh and William Van Woensel and Samina Raza Abidi and Syed Sibte Raza Abidi},
year = {2016},
date = {2016-02-24},
urldate = {2016-02-24},
booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics, Las Vegas},
abstract = {In this paper, we present a semantic web based knowledge engineering approach to extend the coverage of medical knowledge-based systems in order to solve complex medical queries that demand the integration of deterministic and plausible knowledge. We leverage plausible reasoning mechanisms, which exploit associations between the underlying domain-specific data, as well as tentative domain knowledge, to extend the coverage of a medical knowledge base. We demonstrate that Semantic Web technologies, due to their efficient solutions for federated data management and built-in DL-based inferencing methods, offer useful opportunities to support plausible reasoning for medical decision support tasks. We evaluated our multi-strategy medical reasoning approach using real-world medical data. Our results illustrate that plausible reasoning improved the knowledge coverage of the original medical knowledge base by 10-12%, and in turn helped to solve complex disease diagnostic queries.},
keywords = {Clinical Decision Support Systems, Plausbile Reasoning, Semantic Web},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {inproceedings}
}
Borna Jafarpour; Syed Sibte Raza Abidi; Samina Raza Abidi
Exploiting Semantic Web Technologies to Develop OWL-Based Clinical Practice Guideline Execution Engines Journal Article
In: IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, 20 (1), pp. 388-398, 2016, ISSN: 2168-2194.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Clinical Decision Support Systems, Clinical Practice Guidelines, OWL, Semantic Web
@article{Jafarpour:IeeeJournalOfBiomedicalAndHealthInformat,
title = {Exploiting Semantic Web Technologies to Develop OWL-Based Clinical Practice Guideline Execution Engines},
author = {Borna Jafarpour and Syed Sibte Raza Abidi and Samina Raza Abidi},
url = {http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=6990486&isnumber=7369993},
doi = {10.1109/JBHI.2014.2383840},
issn = {2168-2194},
year = {2016},
date = {2016-01-01},
journal = {IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics},
volume = {20},
number = {1},
pages = {388-398},
abstract = {Computerizing paper-based CPG and then executing them can provide evidence-informed decision support to physicians at the point of care. Semantic web technologies especially Web Ontology Language (OWL) ontologies have been profusely used to represent computerized CPG. Using semantic web reasoning capabilities to execute OWL based computerized CPG unties them from a specific custom-built CPG execution engine and increases their shareability as any OWL reasoner and triple store can be utilized for CPG execution. However, existing semantic web reasoning based CPG execution engines suffer from lack of ability to execute CPG with high levels of expressivity, high cognitive load of computerization of paper-based CPG and updating their computerized versions. In order to address these limitations, we have developed three CPG execution engines based on OWL 1 DL, OWL 2 DL and OWL 2 DL + Semantic Web Rule Language (SWRL). OWL 1 DL serves as the base execution engine capable of executing a wide range of CPG constructs, however for executing highly complex CPG the OWL 2 DL and OWL 2 DL + SWRL offer additional executional capabilities. We evaluated the technical performance and medical correctness of our execution engines using a range of CPG. Technical evaluations show the efficiency of our CPG execution engines in terms of CPU time and validity of the generated recommendation in comparison to existing CPG execution engines. Medical evaluations by domain experts show the validity of the CPG-mediated therapy plans in terms of relevance, safety, and ordering for a wide range of patient scenarios.},
keywords = {Clinical Decision Support Systems, Clinical Practice Guidelines, OWL, Semantic Web},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
2015
Borna Jafarpour; Samina Raza Abidi; Ahmad Marwan Ahmad; Syed Sibte Raza Abidi
INITIATE: An Intelligent Adaptive Alert Environment Inproceedings
In: MEDINFO 2015: eHealth-enabled Health - Proceedings of the 15th World Congress on Health and Biomedical Informatics, Sao Paulo, Brazil, pp. 285–289, IOS Press, 2015, ISBN: 978-1-61499-563-0.
Links | BibTeX | Tags: Alert Fatigue, Clinical Decision Support Systems, Knowledge Management
@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/medinfo/JafarpourAAA15,
title = {INITIATE: An Intelligent Adaptive Alert Environment},
author = {Borna Jafarpour and Samina Raza Abidi and Ahmad Marwan Ahmad and Syed Sibte Raza Abidi},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-564-7-285},
doi = {10.3233/978-1-61499-564-7-285},
isbn = {978-1-61499-563-0},
year = {2015},
date = {2015-08-23},
booktitle = {MEDINFO 2015: eHealth-enabled Health - Proceedings of the 15th World Congress on Health and Biomedical Informatics, Sao Paulo, Brazil},
pages = {285--289},
publisher = {IOS Press},
keywords = {Alert Fatigue, Clinical Decision Support Systems, Knowledge Management},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {inproceedings}
}
0000
William Van Woensel; Samina Raza Abidi; Syed Sibte Raza Abidi
Decision Support for Comorbid Conditions via Execution-Time Integration of Clinical Guidelines Using Transaction-based Semantics and Temporal Planning (under review) Journal Article
In: Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, 0000.
BibTeX | Tags: Clinical Decision Support Systems, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Comorbidity
@article{wvw_aiim_21,
title = {Decision Support for Comorbid Conditions via Execution-Time Integration of Clinical Guidelines Using Transaction-based Semantics and Temporal Planning (under review)},
author = {William Van Woensel and Samina Raza Abidi and Syed Sibte Raza Abidi},
journal = {Artificial Intelligence in Medicine},
keywords = {Clinical Decision Support Systems, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Comorbidity},
pubstate = {published},
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