A review of auditing techniques for the Unified Medical Language System.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The study sought to describe the literature related to the development of methods for auditing the Unified Medical Language System (UMLS), with particular attention to identifying errors and inconsistencies of attributes of the concepts in the UMLS Metathesaurus.

Materials and methods

We applied the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) approach by searching the MEDLINE database and Google Scholar for studies referencing the UMLS and any of several terms related to auditing, error detection, and quality assurance. A qualitative analysis and summarization of articles that met inclusion criteria were performed.

Results

Eighty-three studies were reviewed in detail. We first categorized techniques based on various aspects in

SUBMITTER: Zheng L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7566540 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature