Form 1 UMLS 2018 User Survey

UMLS 2018 User Survey
OMB Control Number: 0925-0648
Expiration Date: 05/31/2021
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Which of the following terminology products did you use this year?

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UMLS (Unified Medical Language System - Metathesaurus, Semantic Network, and Lexical Tools)
RxNorm
MetaMap
VSAC (Value Set Authority Center)
NIH Common Data Element (CDE) Repository
CPT (Current Procedural Terminology)
LOINC (Logical Observation Identifier Names & Codes Terminology)
Semantic Network (outside of the UMLS)
SPECIALIST Lexicon and Lexical Tools (outside of the UMLS)
SNOMED CT International Release
US Edition of SNOMED CT
Nursing Problem List Subset of SNOMED CT
CORE Subset of SNOMED CT (Clinical Observations Recording and Encoding Subset of SNOMED CT)
ROA Subset of SNOMED CT (Route of Administration Subset of SNOMED CT)
CMT (Convergent Medical Terminology)
SNOMED CT to ICD-10-CM Map
ICD-9-CM to SNOMED CT Map
None of these
I don't know
Other, please specify: ________________________________________________

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How often do you use resources from the UMLS?

o Daily
o Weekly
o Monthly
o Annually
o Never

For which categories of terminologies would you like to see increased coverage in the UMLS?

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Drugs [Pharmaceutical Preparations]
Disease/Diagnosis
Procedures
Insurance Claim Reporting
Genetics
Laboratory Techniques and Procedures
Anatomy
Consumer Health Information
Disabled Persons
Medical Devices
Nursing
Phylogeny
Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting Systems
Complementary Therapies
Dentistry
Other, please specify: ________________________________________________

For what purpose(s) did you use UMLS?

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Extract specific terminologies from the Metathesaurus (e.g., MedDRA, MeSH, NDF-RT)
Creation and maintenance of local terminology
Information indexing/annotations and retrieval
Concept-oriented synonymy
Processing of texts to extract concepts, relationships or knowledge
Support of a terminology server or service
Terminology research
Mapping between terminologies
Other, please specify: ________________________________________________

Do you provide an application, tool, or system that utilizes the UMLS?

o Yes
o No

Please describe your application, tool, or system that utilizes the UMLS.
How does it utilize the UMLS? Are UMLS data exposed to users? Who uses the application/tool/system?
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Do you use UMLS CUIs (Concept Unique Identifiers) in a clinical setting?

o Yes
o No

How useful are the UMLS Knowledge Sources?
Have not used
Metathesaurus
Semantic
Network
SPECIALIST
Lexicon
Lexical Tools

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o

Not useful

o
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o
o

Useful

Very useful

o
o
o
o

o
o
o
o

Extremely
useful

o
o
o
o

How useful are these elements in the Metathesaurus?
Have not used
Concept names
and synonyms
Hierarchical
relationships
Non-hierarchical
relationships
Definitions
MRMAP/MRSMAP
files
Attributes
(MRSAT)
Semantic Types
assigned to
Concepts (MRSTY)
Word Indexes

Not useful

Useful

Very useful

Extremely
useful

o
o
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o

o
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Did you install the UMLS locally?

o Yes
o No

Did you install UMLS locally using a database to store data?

o Yes
o No

When you installed the UMLS locally, which database did you use?

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MS Access
MS SQL Server
MySQL
Oracle
PostgreSQL
Semantic Web Triple Store
NoSQL
Other, please specify ________________________________________________

What format of Metathesaurus data did you use?

o RRF (Rich Release Format)
o ORF (Original Release Format)

Which UMLS API product(s) did you use?

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UMLS REST API
UMLS SOAP API
Legacy UMLSKS API
Did not use any UMLS API

Did you browse the UMLS data on UTS (UMLS Terminology Service) or MetamorphoSys?

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UTS
MetamorphoSys
Did not use UTS or MetamorphoSys
Other, please specify: ________________________________________________

What MetamorphoSys features did you use?

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Install default Metathesaurus subsets
Install the Semantic Network
Install the SPECIALIST Lexicon
Customize a Metathesaurus subset
RRF Browser
MRCXT File Builder
File Validation
Database Load Script Generator
MetamorphoSys Filters
Metathesaurus Content Views

What can NLM do to improve MetamorphoSys?
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Please select and briefly describe any enhancements you would suggest to improve the UMLS.

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File Format ________________________________________________
Mapping ________________________________________________
Installation ________________________________________________
Site Navigation ________________________________________________
Customer Support ________________________________________________
Use Case Examples ________________________________________________
User Forum ________________________________________________
Training/Documentation ________________________________________________
Other ________________________________________________

For which terminology product(s) would you like to see new or additional educational materials?

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UMLS (Unified Medical Language System - Metathesaurus, Semantic Network, and Lexical Tools)
RxNorm
VSAC (Value Set Authority Center)
SNOMED CT
NIH Common Data Element (CDE) Repository
None
Other, please specify: ________________________________________________

For which UMLS topics would you like to see new or additional educational materials?

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Understanding Term Types
Using the REST API
Using the SOAP API
Working with databases
Content and/or Vocabulary questions

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Other, please specify: ________________________________________________