Strategies to Access Patient Clinical Data from Distributed Databases

João Rafael Almeida, Olga Fajarda, Arnaldo Pereira, José Luís Oliveira

2019

Abstract

Over the last twenty years, the use of electronic health record systems has become widespread worldwide, leading to the creation of an extensive collection of health databases. These databases can be used to speed up and reduce the cost of health research studies, which are essential for the advance of health science and the improvement of health services. However, despite the recognised gain of data sharing, database owners remain reluctant to grant access to the contents of their databases because of privacy and security issues, and because of the lack of a common strategy for data sharing. Two main approaches have been used to perform distributed queries while maintaining all data control in the hands of the data custodians: applying a common data model, or using Semantic Web principles. This paper presents a comparison of these two approaches by evaluating them according to parameters relevant to data integration, such as cost, data quality, interoperability, extendibility, consistency, and efficiency.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Almeida J., Fajarda O., Pereira A. and Oliveira J. (2019). Strategies to Access Patient Clinical Data from Distributed Databases. In Proceedings of the 12th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC 2019) - Volume 5: HEALTHINF; ISBN 978-989-758-353-7, SciTePress, pages 466-473. DOI: 10.5220/0007576104660473

in Bibtex Style

@conference{healthinf19,
author={João Rafael Almeida and Olga Fajarda and Arnaldo Pereira and José Luís Oliveira},
title={Strategies to Access Patient Clinical Data from Distributed Databases},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 12th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC 2019) - Volume 5: HEALTHINF},
year={2019},
pages={466-473},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0007576104660473},
isbn={978-989-758-353-7},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 12th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC 2019) - Volume 5: HEALTHINF
TI - Strategies to Access Patient Clinical Data from Distributed Databases
SN - 978-989-758-353-7
AU - Almeida J.
AU - Fajarda O.
AU - Pereira A.
AU - Oliveira J.
PY - 2019
SP - 466
EP - 473
DO - 10.5220/0007576104660473
PB - SciTePress