Medical Informatics

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Medical Informatics Model Maps Terms to Concepts in Medicine

A 1990 medical informatics paper outlines an entity-relationship model for a machine dictionary that links medical terms, variants, and concepts.

By Dr. A. Nikhil Krishnan, MBBS · Oct 22, 2026 · 6 min read

Medical Informatics·Nat Rev Onc

LLM Clinical Information Extraction Gets Multi-Stage Validation Framework

A new framework validates large language model extraction of clinical notes with weak supervision, expert review, and predictive…

Oct 21, 2026

Medical Informatics·Br J Cancer

Federated Learning LSNet Improves Image Classification Across Heterogeneous Data

FL-LSNet combines federated learning with a lightweight attention network, improving image classification while preserving privacy across diverse datasets.

Oct 21, 2026

Medical Informatics·Becker H

MetroHealth AI chief joins Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi in digital leadership role

Yasir Tarabichi, MD, moves from MetroHealth to Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi to lead AI and digital strategy after…

Oct 20, 2026

Medical Informatics·NIH

Lexically-Suggested Logical Closure Metric for SNOMED-RT Maturity

Researchers proposed a metric for terminology quality in SNOMED-RT, using lexical closure to track maturity and internal consistency…

Oct 19, 2026

Medical Informatics·Gut

Tool-Calling Retrieval Outperformed Vector RAG on Freshness and Access Control

A community-edited knowledge base study found tool-calling retrieval tracked edits better than vector RAG and better protected gated…

Oct 19, 2026

Medical Informatics·JAMA Card

Consumer Trust in AI Health Care Hinges on Reliability and Human Care

A qualitative study from Queensland found social license for health care AI depends on trust, reliability, governance, and…

Oct 18, 2026

Medical Informatics·Becker H

Health IT Deregulation Raises Patient Safety Concerns, JAMIA Perspective Warns

A JAMIA perspective argues that weakening ONC certification criteria for health IT could expose patients to preventable harm…

Oct 18, 2026

Medical Informatics·RxNav

RxNav updates refine RxNorm links, APIs, and drug class mapping

RxNav and RxNorm APIs received monthly updates to drug-class mapping, default paths, and product terminology, with new brand…

Oct 16, 2026

Medical Informatics

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