Faculty, Staff and Student Publications
Language
English
Publication Date
6-1-2024
DOI
10.1007/s41666-024-00159-4
PMID
38681755
PMCID
PMC11052968
PubMedCentral® Posted Date
1-23-2024
PubMedCentral® Full Text Version
Post-print
Abstract
UNLABELLED: Clinical information retrieval (IR) plays a vital role in modern healthcare by facilitating efficient access and analysis of medical literature for clinicians and researchers. This scoping review aims to offer a comprehensive overview of the current state of clinical IR research and identify gaps and potential opportunities for future studies in this field. The main objective was to assess and analyze the existing literature on clinical IR, focusing on the methods, techniques, and tools employed for effective retrieval and analysis of medical information. Adhering to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines, we conducted an extensive search across databases such as Ovid Embase, Ovid Medline, Scopus, ACM Digital Library, IEEE Xplore, and Web of Science, covering publications from January 1, 2010, to January 4, 2023. The rigorous screening process led to the inclusion of 184 papers in our review. Our findings provide a detailed analysis of the clinical IR research landscape, covering aspects like publication trends, data sources, methodologies, evaluation metrics, and applications. The review identifies key research gaps in clinical IR methods such as indexing, ranking, and query expansion, offering insights and opportunities for future studies in clinical IR, thus serving as a guiding framework for upcoming research efforts in this rapidly evolving field. The study also underscores an imperative for innovative research on advanced clinical IR systems capable of fast semantic vector search and adoption of neural IR techniques for effective retrieval of information from unstructured electronic health records (EHRs).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s41666-024-00159-4.
Published Open-Access
yes
Recommended Citation
Sivarajkumar, Sonish; Mohammad, Haneef Ahamed; Oniani, David; et al., "Clinical Information Retrieval: A Literature Review" (2024). Faculty, Staff and Student Publications. 666.
https://digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu/uthshis_docs/666