3 research outputs found
Design of an Integrated Analytics Platform for Healthcare Assessment Centered on the Episode of Care
Assessing care quality and performance is essential to improve healthcare
processes and population health management. However, due to bad system design
and lack of access to required data, this assessment is often delayed or not
done at all. The goal of our research is to investigate an advanced analytics
platform that enables healthcare quality and performance assessment. We used a
user-centered design approach to identify the system requirements and have the
concept of episode of care as the building block of information for a key
performance indicator analytics system. We implemented architecture and
interface prototypes, and performed a usability test with hospital users with
managerial roles. The results show that by using user-centered design we
created an analytical platform that provides a holistic and integrated view of
the clinical, financial and operational aspects of the institution. Our
encouraging results warrant further studies to understand other aspects of
usability
Interoperability driven integration of biomedical data sources
Abstract. In this paper, we introduce a data integration methodology that promotes technical, syntactic and semantic interoperability for operational healthcare data sources. ETL processes provide access to different operational databases at the technical level. Furthermore, data instances have they syntax aligned according to biomedical terminologies using natural language processing. Finally, semantic web technologies are used to ensure common meaning and to provide ubiquitous access to the data. The system’s performance and solvability assessments were carried out using clinical questions against seven healthcare institutions distributed across Europe. The architecture managed to provide interoperability within the limited heterogeneous grid of hospitals. Preliminary scalability result tests are provided
Interoperability driven integration of biomedical data sources
In this paper, we introduce a data integration methodology that promotes technical, syntactic and semantic interoperability for operational healthcare data sources. ETL processes provide access to different operational databases at the technical level. Furthermore, data instances have they syntax aligned according to biomedical terminologies using natural language processing. Finally, semantic web technologies are used to ensure common meaning and to provide ubiquitous access to the data. The system's performance and solvability assessments were carried out using clinical questions against seven healthcare institutions distributed across Europe. The architecture managed to provide interoperability within the limited heterogeneous grid of hospitals. Preliminary scalability result tests are provided