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Medical Data Mining: Knowledge Discovery in a Clinical Data Warehouse

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Prather, JC; Lobach, DF; Goodwin, LK; Hales, JW; Hage, ML; Hammond, WE
Published in: Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association
January 1, 1997

Clinical databases have accumulated large quantities of information about patients and their medical conditions. Relationships and patterns within this data could provide new medical knowledge. Unfortunately, few methodologies have been developed and applied to discover this hidden knowledge. In this study, the techniques of data mining (also known as Knowledge Discovery in Databases) were used to search for relationships in a large clinical database. Specifically, data accumulated on 3,902 obstetrical patients were evaluated for factors potentially contributing to preterm birth using exploratory factor analysis. Three factors were identified by the investigators for further exploration. This paper describes the processes involved in mining a clinical database including data warehousing, data query and cleaning, and data analysis.

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David Franklin Lobach
Author David Franklin Lobach Family Medicine and Community Health
William Edward Hammond II
Author William Edward Hammond II Family Medicine and Community Health

Published In

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

ISSN

1067-5027

Publication Date

January 1, 1997

Volume

4

Issue

SUPPL.

Start / End Page

101 / 105

Related Subject Headings

  • Medical Informatics
  • 46 Information and computing sciences
  • 42 Health sciences
  • 32 Biomedical and clinical sciences
  • 11 Medical and Health Sciences
  • 09 Engineering
  • 08 Information and Computing Sciences
 

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Prather, J. C., Lobach, D. F., Goodwin, L. K., Hales, J. W., Hage, M. L., & Hammond, W. E. (1997). Medical Data Mining: Knowledge Discovery in a Clinical Data Warehouse. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 4(SUPPL.), 101–105.
Prather, J. C., D. F. Lobach, L. K. Goodwin, J. W. Hales, M. L. Hage, and W. E. Hammond. “Medical Data Mining: Knowledge Discovery in a Clinical Data Warehouse.” Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association 4, no. SUPPL. (January 1, 1997): 101–5.
Prather JC, Lobach DF, Goodwin LK, Hales JW, Hage ML, Hammond WE. Medical Data Mining: Knowledge Discovery in a Clinical Data Warehouse. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. 1997 Jan 1;4(SUPPL.):101–5.
Prather, J. C., et al. “Medical Data Mining: Knowledge Discovery in a Clinical Data Warehouse.” Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, vol. 4, no. SUPPL., Jan. 1997, pp. 101–05.
Prather JC, Lobach DF, Goodwin LK, Hales JW, Hage ML, Hammond WE. Medical Data Mining: Knowledge Discovery in a Clinical Data Warehouse. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. 1997 Jan 1;4(SUPPL.):101–105.
Journal cover image

Published In

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

ISSN

1067-5027

Publication Date

January 1, 1997

Volume

4

Issue

SUPPL.

Start / End Page

101 / 105

Related Subject Headings

  • Medical Informatics
  • 46 Information and computing sciences
  • 42 Health sciences
  • 32 Biomedical and clinical sciences
  • 11 Medical and Health Sciences
  • 09 Engineering
  • 08 Information and Computing Sciences