Toward Semantic Interoperability of Electronic Health Records

Although the goal of achieving semantic interoperability of electronic health records (EHRs) is pursued by many researchers, it has not been accomplished yet. In this paper, we present a proposal that smoothes out the way toward the achievement of that goal. In particular, our study focuses on medic...

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Autores: Berges González, Idoia, Bermúdez de Andrés, Jesús, Illarramendi Echave, María Aránzazu
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:España
Institución:Universidad del País Vasco
Repositorio:Addi. Archivo Digital para la Docencia y la Investigación
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Palabra clave:electronic health record
ontology
semantic interoperability
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spelling Toward Semantic Interoperability of Electronic Health RecordsBerges González, IdoiaBermúdez de Andrés, JesúsIllarramendi Echave, María Aránzazuelectronic health recordontologysemantic interoperabilityAlthough the goal of achieving semantic interoperability of electronic health records (EHRs) is pursued by many researchers, it has not been accomplished yet. In this paper, we present a proposal that smoothes out the way toward the achievement of that goal. In particular, our study focuses on medical diagnoses statements. In summary, the main contributions of our ontology-based proposal are the following: first, it includes a canonical ontology whose EHR-related terms focus on semantic aspects. As a result, their descriptions are independent of languages and technology aspects used in different organizations to represent EHRs. Moreover, those terms are related to their corresponding codes in well-known medical terminologies. Second, it deals with modules that allow obtaining rich ontological representations of EHR information managed by proprietary models of health information systems. The features of one specific module are shown as reference. Third, it considers the necessary mapping axioms between ontological terms enhanced with so-called path mappings. This feature smoothes out structural differences between heterogeneous EHR representations, allowing proper alignment of information.This work was supported by the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science under Project TIN2010-21387-C02-01. The work of I. Berges was supported by a grant of the Basque Government (Programa de Formacion de Investigadores del Departamento de Educación, Universidades e Investigación)IEEE202320232012info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10810/63370reponame:Addi. Archivo Digital para la Docencia y la Investigacióninstname:Universidad del País VascoInglésinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MEC/TIN2010-21387-C02-01/https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=6119220info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess© 2011 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. Permission from IEEE must be obtained for all other uses, in any current or future media, including reprinting/republishing this material for advertising or promotional purposes, creating new collective works, for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or reuse of any copyrighted component of this work in other worksoai:addi.ehu.eus:10810/633702026-06-18T09:23:17Z
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title Toward Semantic Interoperability of Electronic Health Records
spellingShingle Toward Semantic Interoperability of Electronic Health Records
Berges González, Idoia
electronic health record
ontology
semantic interoperability
title_short Toward Semantic Interoperability of Electronic Health Records
title_full Toward Semantic Interoperability of Electronic Health Records
title_fullStr Toward Semantic Interoperability of Electronic Health Records
title_full_unstemmed Toward Semantic Interoperability of Electronic Health Records
title_sort Toward Semantic Interoperability of Electronic Health Records
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Berges González, Idoia
Bermúdez de Andrés, Jesús
Illarramendi Echave, María Aránzazu
author Berges González, Idoia
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Bermúdez de Andrés, Jesús
Illarramendi Echave, María Aránzazu
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ontology
semantic interoperability
topic electronic health record
ontology
semantic interoperability
description Although the goal of achieving semantic interoperability of electronic health records (EHRs) is pursued by many researchers, it has not been accomplished yet. In this paper, we present a proposal that smoothes out the way toward the achievement of that goal. In particular, our study focuses on medical diagnoses statements. In summary, the main contributions of our ontology-based proposal are the following: first, it includes a canonical ontology whose EHR-related terms focus on semantic aspects. As a result, their descriptions are independent of languages and technology aspects used in different organizations to represent EHRs. Moreover, those terms are related to their corresponding codes in well-known medical terminologies. Second, it deals with modules that allow obtaining rich ontological representations of EHR information managed by proprietary models of health information systems. The features of one specific module are shown as reference. Third, it considers the necessary mapping axioms between ontological terms enhanced with so-called path mappings. This feature smoothes out structural differences between heterogeneous EHR representations, allowing proper alignment of information.
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