A study on ontology based medical information system for home healthcare

Miniaturizations of IT devices, makes home healthcare information services possible. Introduction of diversified medical information collection devices supported diversified number of medical information to be collected. However, such introduction has geometrically increased volume of medical information collected in comparison to previously. Therefore, difficulties are faced in managing and processing such information and information sharing among various medical information devices is becoming difficult as well. The study as a research on applied ontology for expressing medical knowledge wants to integrate logical and structural method of approaching of information and wants to effectively manage and provide information generated during medical diagnosis activities through information sharing among medical information devices. Especially, through integration with home healthcare system, the study wants to apply medical knowledge center, consultation center or home healthcare support system to provide technical medical terminologies that are used by doctors to clear up understanding to patients.