The research described in this proposal begins with completion and formal evaluation of MIDAS """"""""a computer program designed to automatically construct decision models from an underlying medical knowledge base"""""""". The capabilities of MIDAS will be extended to knowledge-based construction of Markov decision models. A second project will develop a comprehensive knowledge management scheme for the problem of pulmonary disease in AIDS. This scheme will use a knowledge base structured according to knowledge needed to perform a decision analysis. It will incorporate summaries of relevant data, sources and quality of data and links to the original sources. This knowledge management scheme will be deployed in the hospital and evaluated in a group of medical residents at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Library of Medicine (NLM)
Type
Modified Research Career Development Award (K04)
Project #
5K04LM000096-02
Application #
2237610
Study Section
Biomedical Library and Informatics Review Committee (BLR)
Project Start
1994-09-15
Project End
1999-09-14
Budget Start
1995-09-16
Budget End
1996-09-15
Support Year
2
Fiscal Year
1995
Total Cost
Indirect Cost
Name
University of Medicine & Dentistry of NJ
Department
Internal Medicine/Medicine
Type
Schools of Medicine
DUNS #
622146454
City
Piscataway
State
NJ
Country
United States
Zip Code
08854
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