Department of Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
Stud Health Technol Inform. 2024 Aug 22;316:242-246. doi: 10.3233/SHTI240390.
Healthcare faces significant challenges in exchanging and utilizing health information across diverse providers, necessitating innovative solutions for improved interoperability. This study presents a comprehensive exploration of scalable technical and semantic solutions for patient care integration, emphasizing the implementation of these solutions within the framework of the Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) standard. Our approach revolves around the development and deployment of Technical Interoperability Suite (TIS) and Semantic Interoperability Suite (SIS) technology solutions to disparate health information systems, predominantly Electronic Health Records (EHRs) into a unified Patient Care Platform, fostering comprehensive data exchange and utilization. The integration process involves importing data from various EHR systems and transforming imported patient data into FHIR-standardized formats. The provided solution supports various functionalities, including automatic and manual importation of patient data, through standard computer-readable templates. The integration of TIS and SIS solutions is underpinned by a robust technological framework, incorporating technologies such as Typescript, Deno, and document-oriented databases such as MongoDB. The effectiveness of our interoperability solutions was validated through deployment in multinational EU projects: ADLIFE and CAREPATH. The scalability and generalizability of our approach underscore its potential for diverse healthcare settings.
医疗保健在不同提供者之间交换和利用健康信息方面面临重大挑战,需要创新的解决方案来提高互操作性。本研究全面探讨了可扩展的技术和语义解决方案,以实现患者护理的集成,重点是在 Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) 标准的框架内实施这些解决方案。我们的方法围绕着开发和部署 Technical Interoperability Suite (TIS) 和 Semantic Interoperability Suite (SIS) 技术解决方案,将不同的健康信息系统(主要是电子健康记录 (EHR))集成到一个统一的患者护理平台中,促进全面的数据交换和利用。集成过程涉及从各种 EHR 系统导入数据,并将导入的患者数据转换为 FHIR 标准化格式。该解决方案支持各种功能,包括通过标准计算机可读模板自动和手动导入患者数据。TIS 和 SIS 解决方案的集成基于强大的技术框架,包括 TypeScript、Deno 和面向文档的数据库(如 MongoDB)等技术。我们的互操作性解决方案在 ADLIFE 和 CAREPATH 等多国欧盟项目中的部署验证了其有效性。我们的方法具有可扩展性和通用性,强调了其在各种医疗保健环境中的潜力。