"Resolving Clinicians On-Line Information Needs: A Short History of Buttons" Dr. James Cimino, Professor of Biomedical Informatics and Medicine, Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons

Dr. Cimino is an internationally recognized expert on the use of standardized terminologies in clinical information systems. The speaker will describe the evolution of "infobuttons", an automated method by which information needs can be anticipated and resolved. The presentation will cover methodologies classifying information needs, approaches to automated detection of these needs, and techniques for resolving these needs automatically. An emerging HL7 standard will be presented for integrating the infobutton approach into clinical information systems.