Authors:
Bruno Alves
;
Michael Schumacher
and
Fabian Cretton
Affiliation:
University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland, Switzerland
Keyword(s):
Interoperability, eHealth, Metadata, Semantic web.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Cloud Computing
;
Coupling and Integrating Heterogeneous Data Sources
;
Databases and Information Systems Integration
;
Enterprise Information Systems
;
Formal Methods
;
Human-Computer Interaction
;
Information Systems Analysis and Specification
;
Methodologies and Technologies
;
Methodologies, Processes and Platforms
;
Model-Driven Software Development
;
Modeling of Distributed Systems
;
Network Implementation Choices
;
Object-Oriented Database Systems
;
Operational Research
;
Requirements Analysis And Management
;
Security
;
Semantic Web Technologies
;
Services Science
;
Simulation and Modeling
;
Software Agents and Internet Computing
;
Software Engineering
;
Systems Engineering
;
User Needs
Abstract:
Interoperability has the potential to improve care processes and decrease costs of the healthcare system. The advent of enterprise ICT solutions to replace costly and error-prone paper-based records did not fully convince practitioners, and many still prefer traditional methods for their simplicity and relative security. The Medicoordination project, which integrates several partners in healthcare on a regional scale in French speaking Switzerland, aims at designing eHealth solutions to the problems highlighted by reluctant practitioners. In
a derivative project and through a complementary approach to the IHE XDS IT Profile, we designed, implemented and deployed a prototype of a semantic registry/repository for storing medical electronic records. We present herein the design and specification for a generic, interoperable registry/repository based on the technical requirements of the Swiss Health strategy. Although this paper presents an overview of the whole architecture, the focus
will be on the registry, a federated semantic RDF store, managing metadata about medical
documents. Our goals are the urbanization of information systems through SOA and ensure a level of interoperability between different actors.
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