Epistemology and Medical Records: an Applied Evaluation

Medical records are crucial resources for every aspect of healthcare practice. The amount and complexity of the information they bear require the use of automation. In this paper we propose a method for separating and classifying the information available in medical records, drawing on Karl Popper philosophical theories. We test this method by using descriptions of clinical cases within the scope of a biomedical project that deals with the human T cell lymphotropic virus. Our goal is to come up with a framework that allows for the organization and sharing of information in knowledge representation ontologies according to their epistemological or ontological nature.