Ontology-based Database Design for an Injury Research Platform

Poster Number: P113
Presentation Time: 05:00 PM - 06:30 PM

Abstract Keywords: Controlled Terminologies, Ontologies, and Vocabularies, Informatics Implementation, Knowledge Representation and Information Modeling, Interoperability and Health Information Exchange
Primary Track: Foundations
Programmatic Theme: Clinical Research Informatics

This poster presents the design of the ontology-based database for an expanding web-based platform aimed at facilitating injury research and patient care of violence survivors. Developed by a collaborative effort between informaticians and clinicians to organize data into a semi-relational, key-value structured database, the ontology prioritizes flexibility and interoperability to accommodate diverse data sources, whose elements are not known ahead of time, as well as evolving research needs. Furthermore, the ontology is built to technically control the behavior of the software platform. More than just a concept mapping, the ontology is integrated with standardized terminologies and resources such as SNOMED CT and HL-7 FHIR and incorporates temporal modeling for longitudinal data. Injury cases and data, with a special focus on bruises, are laid out over more than 500 concepts and their relationships, which are organized into three main hierarchies to describe injuries, patients, and images. Almost 400 concepts are extracted from image metadata, enhancing the richness of captured information. Designed with attributes tailored for software platform integration, the ontology enhances data usability and analysis for both research and clinical applications, underscoring its utility as a specialized tool within the broader landscape of biomedical informatics.

Speaker(s):
Mohammad Qodrati, MD
George Mason University

Author(s):
Mohammad Qodrati, MD - George Mason University; Amin Amin Nayebi, PhD - George Mason University; Michał Markiewicz, Dr.-Ing. - Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland; David Lattanzi, PhD - George Mason University; Katherine Scafide, RN, PhD - George Mason University; Janusz Wojtusiak, PhD - George Mason University;