Fundamento ontológico e sua aplicação em sistemas de informação em saúde

Abstract

The study of the theme of this article seeks to support the theoretical references in an ongoing research project by the author, whose future prospects are to outline the project, conduct a systematic literature review, identify, study and apply the conceptual models, collect data and conclude the research. The ontological foundation is a high-level ontology that seeks to provide a unified basis for the construction of domain-specific ontologies as a fundamental approach to improving the representation and management of information in health information systems. Thus, this article aims to identify how the ontological foundation is being used in information systems, through a systematic review of the literature proposed by (Kitchenham, 2004). Thirty-eight articles were found and after critical reading of the abstract and application of the inclusion and exclusion criteria, 25 articles were selected. The research was carried out by searching the PubMed database in which the expressions "Ontological foundation", "Ontological framework" and "health" were found in their abstracts. As a result, it was found that the ontological foundation has been applied in health information systems in order to integrate health services in an intelligent way, supporting the standardization of processes, disease nomenclature, diagnostic tests and medical treatments. Since the research was limited to the last 10 years, it is suggested to expand and apply the protocol to other databases.