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Ontology-Based Competence Management in Pharmacy

Ontology-Based Competence Management in Pharmacy

J. Puustjärvi, L. Puustjärvi
Copyright: © 2013 |Volume: 4 |Issue: 2 |Pages: 19
ISSN: 1947-9220|EISSN: 1947-9239|EISBN13: 9781466632905|DOI: 10.4018/jaras.2013040105
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Puustjärvi, J., and L. Puustjärvi. "Ontology-Based Competence Management in Pharmacy." IJARAS vol.4, no.2 2013: pp.94-112. http://doi.org/10.4018/jaras.2013040105

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Puustjärvi, J. & Puustjärvi, L. (2013). Ontology-Based Competence Management in Pharmacy. International Journal of Adaptive, Resilient and Autonomic Systems (IJARAS), 4(2), 94-112. http://doi.org/10.4018/jaras.2013040105

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Puustjärvi, J., and L. Puustjärvi. "Ontology-Based Competence Management in Pharmacy," International Journal of Adaptive, Resilient and Autonomic Systems (IJARAS) 4, no.2: 94-112. http://doi.org/10.4018/jaras.2013040105

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Abstract

The role of competence management in pharmacy is increasing as healthcare is a field where the fast development of drug treatment and the introduction of new drugs require specialized skills and knowledge that must be renewed frequently. However, two obstacles for the widespread adoption of computer aided competence management in pharmacies exist. First, pharmacies do not have enough resources for maintaining competence management systems. Second, in pharmacies well-functioning competence management requires co-operation with other organizations, such as healthcare authorities and educational institutions, but competence management systems do not support such co-operation. To solve the resource problem, the authors have exploited a community cloud, which enables resource sharing among pharmacies and thus reduces pharmacies’ costs in competence management. To carry out co-operation with other organizations, they have developed a competence ontology which not only specify a shared terminology but also makes up a shared data store for the co-operating organizations. The competence ontology is specified in OWL. Further, to achieve efficiency in implementing the ontology the authors have transformed it into relational model. By means of relational database systems the authors have also achieved additional functionality, such as triggering, in competence management.

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