Interoperability of heterogeneous health information systems: a systematic literature review
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Background: The lack of interoperability between health information systems reduces the quality of care provided to patients and wastes resources. Accordingly, there is an urgent need to develop integration mechanisms among the various health information systems. The aim of this review was to investigate the interoperability requirements for heterogeneous health information systems and to summarize and present them. Methods: In accordance with the PRISMA guideline, a broad electronic search of all literature was conducted on the topic through six databases, including PubMed, Web of science, Scopus, MEDLINE, Cochrane Library and Embase to 25 July 2022. The inclusion criteria were to select English-written articles available in full text with the closest objectives. 36 articles were selected for further analysis. Results: Interoperability has been raised in the field of health information systems from 2003 and now it is one of the topics of interest to researchers. The projects done in this field are mostly in the national scope and to achieve the electronic health record. HL7 FHIR, CDA, HIPAA and SNOMED-CT, SOA, RIM, XML, API, JAVA and SQL are among the most important requirements for implementing interoperability. In order to guarantee the concept of data exchange, semantic interaction is the best choice because the systems can recognize and process semantically similar information homogeneously. Conclusions: The health industry has become more complex and has new needs. Interoperability meets this needs by communicating between the output and input of processor systems and making easier to access the data in the required formats.
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This systematic review synthesizes 36 studies on interoperability requirements for heterogeneous health information systems, finding that work dates to 2003 and is mostly national-level, hospital-based, and aimed at electronic health records. It reports semantic interoperability as the dominant level and identifies HL7 FHIR, CDA, SNOMED-CT, HIPAA, SOA, XML, JAVA, and SQL among the most important implementation requirements.
Key findings
- From 5,851 retrieved titles, 3,789 remained after duplicate removal; 302 were selected by title, 171 full texts were assessed, and 36 articles were included in the analysis.
- Interoperability in health information systems has been raised since 2003; most included studies were national-level, aimed at creating interaction between clinical information systems and medical devices to achieve electronic health records, and were set mostly in hospitals. The countries represented most were the United States, Italy, Portugal, Korea, and Spain, respectively.
- Interoperability between systems was mostly at the semantic level and based on Open EHR and RIM information sources. The most widely used standards were HL7 FHIR and DICOM for transport, CDA for content, SNOMED-CT, LOINC, and ICD 10 for terminology, and HIPAA and ASTM for security; XML, JAVA, and SQL were the most used technologies.
- Service-oriented and web-based architectures were the most used among modern architectures.
Methods
- Systematic literature review following PRISMA, searching PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, MEDLINE, Cochrane Library, Embase, and Google Scholar up to 25 July 2022, with no publishing-year limit.
- Inclusion criteria were English-language articles available in full text with the closest objectives; letters to the editor, commentary, review, and opinion papers were excluded. Two reviewers independently assessed titles, abstracts, and full texts, and duplicate articles were deleted.
- Data were extracted with a standardized form covering authors, year, country, aim, interoperable systems, architecture and components, setting, processes, standards, platform and technology, implementation extent, interoperability level, information resource, and key findings. Quality was assessed with the QUADAS checklist (14 questions; score of 7 or greater “yes” indicated high quality).
Limitations
- The authors state that because interoperability is broad, the review mostly discussed technical, informatics, and management issues; legal and organizational issues were not covered and are suggested for separate future studies.
- The authors also state that lack of access to some articles due to unavailable full text and non-English language was another limitation.
- Evident from the text: the review reports a large excluded set (135 of 171 full-text articles) and relies on heterogeneous included studies, but it does not present a meta-analysis or pooled quantitative estimate.
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Medical decision making, reimbursements, telehealth, and disease surveillance were the most commonly utilized applications.
“Medical decision making, reimbursements, telehealth, and disease surveillance were the most commonly utilized applications, according to the mentioned process.”
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The body of included studies supports data exchange.
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Among modern architectures, service-oriented and web-based architecture were the most used.
“Among the modern architectures of the world, service-oriented and web-based architecture were the most used.”
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The most often used content standards were CDA.
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“The most often used content standards were CDA.”
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The most frequently used terminology standards were SNOMED-CT, LOINC, and ICD 10.
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The most commonly used security standards were HIPAA and ASTM.
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The most widely used transport standards were HL7 FHIR and DICOM.
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XML, JAVA, and SQL were the most used technologies.
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FHIR has been used and recommended by many studies.
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HL7 FHIR were the most generally used transport standards.
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Barriers and challenges have led to a lack of interoperability between systems in healthcare.
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In the reviewed literature, interoperability was more at the semantic level.
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“That is why it is used more than other levels [25, 26].”
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In a given situation, a health professional does not have access to the whole of a patient's medical information unless the patient is conscious and can provide the required information.
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Clinicians' capability to access data at the point of care is critical for preventing medical errors.
“Clinicians' capability to access data at the point of care is critical for preventing medical errors.”
Quote in the paperSubstantial claim0 of 1 sources checked- cites [18] Zhang J, Sood H, Harrison OT, Horner B, Sharma N, Budhdeo S. Interoperability in NHS hospitals must be improved: the Care Quality Commission should be a key actor in this process. J R Soc Med. 2020;113(3):101–4. source
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Interoperability solutions in healthcare are easing the coordination and delivery of patient care as the sector advances toward value-based care.
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Security procedures are used in today's healthcare interoperability solutions to ensure that data is transferred appropriately and securely certified.
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Duplication of effort and errors in patient treatment are reduced when real-time patient data is available.
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The information gives healthcare providers a thorough picture of a patient's medical and social history.
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Clinicians may quickly analyze data from all collaborating systems to make diagnoses and decisions.
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Interoperability solutions are already being used by health systems to help minimize costs and medical errors by easily sharing health data among providers, payers, labs, and others.
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Many legacy systems are built to prohibit compatibility with the applications of other manufacturers in order to protect market share and encourage hospital or clinic chain purchases.
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In the healthcare industry, there are several standards that are often overly broad and vulnerable to local interpretation and application.
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SOA promotes interoperability.
“Promotes interoperability. Platforms can effortlessly transport data between clients and services because to the adoption of a standardized communication protocol, independent of the languages they're written in.”
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The fewer healthcare personnel who update patient data manually, the lower the risk of security breaches.
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The interoperability of health care organizations requires interfaces between different systems to use a common protocol such as HL7.
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Interoperable EHRs with a crucial link integrating clinical data are a necessary step to achieve personalized medicine.
“To achieve personalized medicine, interoperable EHRs with a crucial link integrating clinical data are a necessary step.”
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Offering interoperable tools and infrastructure makes it easier to gather, integrate, and correlate a variety of clinical data types with patient information.
“It is made easier to gather, integrate, and correlate a variety of clinical data types with patient information by offering interoperable tools and infrastructure.”
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EHR interoperability meets the need for personalized medicine by making it easier to access data in the required formats.
“By making it easier to access the data in the required formats, EHR interoperability meets the need for personalized medicine.”
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Findingown dataThe majority of research settings were hospitals.
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Findingown dataMost studies were at the national level with the aim of creating interaction between clinical information systems and medical devices to achieve electronic health record.
“Based on the results, most of the studies were at the national level with the aim of creating interaction between clinical information systems and medical devices in order to achieve electronic health record.”
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Findingown dataInteroperability has been raised in the field of health information systems from 2003 and is now one of the topics of interest to researchers.
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“the results of the study show that this topic has been raised in the field of health information systems from 2003; and now it is one of the topics of interest to researchers (Fig. 2).”
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Findingnone givenThe included studies belonged to the United States, Italy, Portugal, Korea and Spain, respectively.
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Findingown dataThirty-six articles were included in the review analysis.
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“After the assessment, 135 articles were excluded (refer to Fig. 1) and 36 articles were included in the review.”
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Findingown dataThe processes of collecting, storing, searching, retrieving, accessing, updating, editing, and deleting were reported in the included studies.
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Findingnone givenInteroperability between systems was mostly at the semantic level and based on the Open EHR and RIM information source.
“Interoperability between systems was mostly at the semantic level and based on the Open EHR and RIM information source.”
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Findingnone givenLegacy health-care systems were built for a certain activity or facility.
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Findingnone givenSNOMED CT is now widely used.
“SNOMED CT is now widely used, the health industry at large recognizes that adoption of the standard must continue.”
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Findingnone givenThere are a number of ancient health-care systems still in use today that have limited interoperability capabilities.
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Findingnone givenThe most well-known and widely utilized architecture nowadays is service-oriented architecture.
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FindingcitationInteroperability faces challenges including limited administrative and legal support for information technology and related practice changes, lack of uniformity systems from different vendors, limitations on funding of information technology and resources, and privacy and security concerns.
“Limited administrative and legal support for information technology and related practice changes; lack of uniformity systems from different vendors; limitations on funding of information technology and resources and privacy and security concerns are other challenges that interoperability faces [38].”
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Findingnone givenMost healthcare professionals are resistant to switching from a paper-based to an electronic-based system.
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FindingreasoningThe healthcare industry still relies on stacks of handwritten notes (paper records) for patient care.
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Findingnone givenInteroperability in the field of health care has not yet been reached.
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Findingnone givenThe availability of large-scale open data for drug discovery has greatly improved in recent years due to the expansion of data repositories, particularly those with chemical and pharmacological data sets.
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Study design and conductnone givenAnother independent investigator reviewed and verified completeness and accuracy of all data entries.
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PremisecitationHealth information systems currently in use are proprietary, may differ between health institutions, and were developed for local access, resulting in heterogeneity in existing ecosystems.
“However, the systems currently in use are proprietary, may differ from one health institution to the next, and were developed for local access, resulting in heterogeneity in the existing ecosystems [6].”
Quote in the paperSubstantial claim0 of 1 sources checked- cites [6] Dixon BE, Rahurkar S, Apathy NC. Interoperability and health information exchange for public health. In: Public health informatics and information systems. Cham: Springer; 2020. p. 307–24. source
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Study design and conductown dataStudies were identified to 25 July 2022 by searching PubMed, Web of science, Scopus, MEDLINE, Cochrane Library, Embase, and Google Scholar.
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Study design and conductown dataTwo researchers analyzed all identified studies for risk of bias.
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PremisecitationA patient's health information may be distributed among multiple healthcare facilities and is not interchangeable or accessible to another health institution.
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Study design and conductown dataThe full text of chosen articles was independently reviewed and a standardized data extraction form was used.
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PremisecitationLack of interoperability between health information systems reduces the quality of care provided to patients and wastes resources.
“The lack of interoperability between health information systems reduces the quality of care provided to patients and wastes resources.”
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“The lack of interoperability leads to redundant, disorganized, disjointed and inaccessible medical information, that may affect the quality of care provided to patients and waste of financial resources [10].”
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Study design and conductown dataTwo reviewers separately assessed titles and abstracts for eligibility.
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Study design and conductnone givenAll differences between researchers were overcome by agreement.
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Study design and conductcitationThis review followed the PRISMA guidelines for reporting a systematic review.
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Study design and conductreasoningSearches included online books, published papers, conference abstracts, seminar and reference publications to avoid publication bias and include as many articles as possible.
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Study design and conductown dataThe quality of initially chosen studies was assessed using the QUADAS checklist.
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Study design and conductown dataReference lists and bibliographies of articles and reviews were hand-searched for potentially relevant articles.
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Interpretationnone givenInteroperability meets the health industry's new needs by communicating between the output and input of processor systems and making easier to access data in required formats.
“Interoperability meets this needs by communicating between the output and input of processor systems and making easier to access the data in the required formats.”
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InterpretationreasoningDelays in data transport are caused by a variety of factors, but interoperability can assist in reducing these issues.
“Delays in data transport are caused by a variety of factors; however, interoperability can assist reduce these issues.”
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InterpretationreasoningThere will be no duplication of testing between settings, and the patient will only have to tell their history once.
“Hence, there will be no duplication of testinga between settings, and the patient will only have to tell their history once.”
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InterpretationcitationInteroperability in healthcare reduces paperwork for employees and eliminates the need for human data entry.
“Interoperability in healthcare reduces paperwork for employees and eliminates the need for human data entry.”
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InterpretationreasoningInteroperability allows saving a lot of time.
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PremisecitationHealthcare interoperability allows health institutions to build the technology infrastructure needed to maximize the value of their EHR data and provide more comprehensive care.
“Approximately, healthcare interoperability allows health institutions to build the technology infrastructure needed to maximize the value of their EHR data and provide more comprehensive care [21].”
Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim0 of 1 sources checked- cites [21] Hussein R, Crutzen R, Gutenberg J, Kulnik ST, Sareban M, Niebauer J. Patient-generated health data (PGHD) interoperability: an integrative perspective. In: MIE, 2021 May 27. p. 228–32. source
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PremisecitationMedical errors that result in an adverse medication event are caused by lack of information available to patients, according to a study conducted in an inpatient setting.
“Medical errors that result in an adverse medication event are caused by lack of information available to patients, according to a study conducted in an inpatient setting.”
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Interpretationnone givenUse of interoperability in healthcare allows caregivers to better understand phrases and concepts as data is transferred from one system to another while maintaining the content's meaning.
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InterpretationreasoningSharing healthcare data among health systems, payers, and providers improves both the quality of care and the efficiency with which it is given.
“Sharing healthcare data among health systems, payers, and providers improves not only the quality of care but also the efficiency with which it is given.”
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PremisecitationEach year, over one million individuals are injured because of faulty health-care processes and system breakdowns.
“In addition, each year, over one million individuals are injured because of faulty health-care processes and system breakdowns [17].”
Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim0 of 1 sources checked- cites [17] Voskanyan Y, Shikina I, Kidalov F, Davidov D. Medical care safety-problems and perspectives. In: International conference on integrated science, 2019 May 10. Cham: Springer. p. 291–304. source
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InterpretationreasoningInteroperability will contribute to the development of healthcare by ensuring that communication systems receive the correct meanings of medical language.
“Subsequently, interoperability will contribute to the development of healthcare by ensuring that communication systems receive the correct meanings of medical language.”
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Interpretationnone givenBecause the medical interoperability gateway extracts and shows patient data in an existing system, providers can spend more time treating patients.
“In addition, because the medical interoperability gateway extracts and shows patient data in an existing system, providers can spend more time treating patients.”
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Interpretationnone givenIf a patient is unable to communicate effectively, health or care providers can fill in the gaps without contacting general practitioner offices or other agencies.
“If a patient is unable to communicate effectively, health or care providers can fill in the gaps without the need to contact general practitioner offices or other agencies.”
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InterpretationreasoningInteroperability solutions that promote accuracy and accessibility lower risks and improve care quality.
“So, interoperability solutions that promote accuracy and accessibility lower these risks while also improving care quality.”
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PremisecitationInteroperability solutions in healthcare are key to overcoming some of the industry's most difficult challenges and promise to drastically cut healthcare costs.
“Interoperability solutions in healthcare are the key to overcoming some of the industry's most difficult challenges, and they promise to drastically cut healthcare costs [14].”
Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim0 of 1 sources checked- cites [14] Ndlovu K, Scott RE, Mars M. Interoperability opportunities and challenges in linking mHealth applications and eRecord systems: Botswana as an exemplar. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2021;21(1):1–2. source
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PremisecitationCoordinating care and sharing information between health and social care organizations can help determine if a patient is ready to be discharged, lowering readmissions.
“Coordinating care and sharing information between health and social care organizations can help determine if a patient is ready to be discharged, lowering readmissions [19].”
Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim0 of 1 sources checked- cites [19] Braunstein ML. Health care in the age of interoperability: the potential and challenges. IEEE Pulse. 2018;9(5):34–6. source
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PremisecitationData and insights can be shared with members to enhance medication adherence and chronic disease management, resulting in a higher return on investment for health plans.
“Additionally, the data and insights can be shared with members to enhance medication adherence and chronic disease management, resulting in a higher return on investment for health plans [16].”
Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim0 of 1 sources checked- cites [16] Kouroubali A, Katehakis DG. The new European interoperability framework as a facilitator of digital transformation for citizen empowerment. J Biomed Inform. 2019;94:103166. source
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PremisecitationHealthcare interoperability solutions provide physicians with the information they need to better coordinate care while also lowering patient healthcare costs.
“In essence, healthcare interoperability solutions provide physicians with the information they need to better coordinate care while also lowering patient healthcare costs—a win–win situation.”
Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim0 of 1 sources checked- cites [16] Kouroubali A, Katehakis DG. The new European interoperability framework as a facilitator of digital transformation for citizen empowerment. J Biomed Inform. 2019;94:103166. source
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PremisecitationBy supporting seamless health data sharing, interoperability solutions take over labor-intensive activities, limit manual tasks, reduce redundant work, and eliminate the burden placed on providers by payers.
“By supporting seamless health data sharing, interoperability solutions are smoothly taking over labor-intensive activities backlogged in systems inboxes, limiting the amount of tasks that require manual touches, reducing redundant work, and eliminating the burden placed on providers by payers [20].”
Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim0 of 1 sources checked- cites [20] Suess TM, Beard JW, Ripchinski M, Eberts M, Patrick K, Tharappel LJ. Smart pump-electronic health record (EHR) interoperability with auto-documentation is associated with increased submission of infusion-therapy billing claims at a community hospital. PharmacoEconomics-Open. 2019;3(4):619–29. source
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InterpretationreasoningClinical decisions can be made faster and safely after viewing the medical record, reducing transfer of care, distress, and protracted hospital stays for patients.
“Clinical decisions can be made faster and safely after viewing the medical record, reducing transfer of care, distress, and protracted stays in the hospital for patients.”
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InterpretationreasoningPatient outcomes are improved, service delivery is streamlined, and financial performance is improved when interoperability solutions are extended across a health system.
“Patient outcomes are improved, service delivery is streamlined, and financial performance is improved when interoperability solutions are extended across a health system.”
Quote in the paperNot a substantial claimProbably not a substantial claim: may not pass S3 (load-bearing).
PremisecitationMedical errors are the sixth biggest cause of death in hospitals.
“Medical errors are the sixth biggest cause of death in hospitals, hence they are a major problem in the healthcare industry.”
Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim0 of 1 sources checked- cites [17] Voskanyan Y, Shikina I, Kidalov F, Davidov D. Medical care safety-problems and perspectives. In: International conference on integrated science, 2019 May 10. Cham: Springer. p. 291–304. source
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InterpretationreasoningIn order to guarantee data exchange, semantic interaction is the best choice because systems can recognize and process semantically similar information homogeneously.
“In order to guarantee the concept of data exchange, semantic interaction is the best choice because the systems can recognize and process semantically similar information homogeneously.”
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PremisecitationCDA allows the entire patient medical history to be displayed in one document, reusable in several applications, and eliminates content diversity.
“It allows the entire patient medical history to be displayed in one document, reusable in several applications, eliminates content diversity [29].”
Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim0 of 1 sources checked- cites [29] Ji H, Kim S, Yi S, Hwang H, Kim JW, Yoo S. Converting clinical document architecture documents to the common data model for incorporating health information exchange data in observational health studies: CDA to CDM. J Biomed Inform. 2020;107:103459. source
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InterpretationreasoningUsing different standards leads to confusion.
“From there, using different standards leads to confusion.”
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PremisecitationSOA provides high availability.
“High availability. On request, anyone can use the SOA facilities.”
Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim0 of 3 sources checked- cites [32] Hustad E, Olsen DH. Creating a sustainable digital infrastructure: the role of service-oriented architecture. Procedia Comput Sci. 2021;181:597–604. source
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- cites [34] Lim AP, Thenuardi DS, Soewito B, Antonyova A. Survey on quality assurance testing on service oriented architecture. In: 2020 international conference on information management and technology (ICIMTech), 2020 Aug 13. IEEE. p. 443–7. source
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PremisereasoningSOA increases reliability.
“Increased reliability. Because small services are easier to debug than massive code, SOA produces more dependable applications.”
Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim0 of 3 sources checked- cites [32] Hustad E, Olsen DH. Creating a sustainable digital infrastructure: the role of service-oriented architecture. Procedia Comput Sci. 2021;181:597–604. source
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- cites [34] Lim AP, Thenuardi DS, Soewito B, Antonyova A. Survey on quality assurance testing on service oriented architecture. In: 2020 international conference on information management and technology (ICIMTech), 2020 Aug 13. IEEE. p. 443–7. source
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PremisecitationCDA is an XML-based standard for clinical document content that is flexible and can be read by both humans and machines.
“The reason CDA is so popular is that it is an XML-based standard for clinical document content that is flexible and can be read by both humans and machines.”
Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim0 of 1 sources checked- cites [29] Ji H, Kim S, Yi S, Hwang H, Kim JW, Yoo S. Converting clinical document architecture documents to the common data model for incorporating health information exchange data in observational health studies: CDA to CDM. J Biomed Inform. 2020;107:103459. source
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PremisereasoningSOA services are simple to keep up with (maintainable).
“Simple to keep up with. Because each service is self-contained, it is simple to modify and update them without affecting other services. The running costs of an organization will also be reduced as a result of this.”
Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim0 of 3 sources checked- cites [32] Hustad E, Olsen DH. Creating a sustainable digital infrastructure: the role of service-oriented architecture. Procedia Comput Sci. 2021;181:597–604. source
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- cites [34] Lim AP, Thenuardi DS, Soewito B, Antonyova A. Survey on quality assurance testing on service oriented architecture. In: 2020 international conference on information management and technology (ICIMTech), 2020 Aug 13. IEEE. p. 443–7. source
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PremisecitationSOA can be implemented using any service-based technology, such as REST, WSDL and SOAP, and SOA-based systems can function independently of development technologies and platforms.
“SOA can be implemented using any service-based technology, such as REST, WSDL and SOAP. SOA-based systems can function independently of development technologies and platforms (such as Java, XML and.NET, etc.) [35].”
Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim0 of 1 sources checked- cites [35] Hamzah MH, Baharom F, Mohd H. An exploratory study for investigating the issues and current practices of service-oriented architecture adoption. J Inf Commun Technol. 2019;18(3):273–304.
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PremisecitationSOA is scalable.
“Scalable. SOA enables services to run on several servers, resulting in increased scalability. Furthermore, companies can limit the amount of interaction between customers and services by employing a uniform communication protocol. Scaling apps without adding extra pressure is possible by lowering the intensity of engagement [32–34].”
Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim0 of 3 sources checked- cites [32] Hustad E, Olsen DH. Creating a sustainable digital infrastructure: the role of service-oriented architecture. Procedia Comput Sci. 2021;181:597–604. source
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- cites [34] Lim AP, Thenuardi DS, Soewito B, Antonyova A. Survey on quality assurance testing on service oriented architecture. In: 2020 international conference on information management and technology (ICIMTech), 2020 Aug 13. IEEE. p. 443–7. source
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PremisecitationSOA services are reusable.
“Reusable. Services can be repurposed to create a variety of applications. Because SOA services are stored in a service repository and linked on demand, each service becomes a generalized resource available to everyone. Reusing services allows businesses to save time and money when it comes to development.”
Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim0 of 3 sources checked- cites [32] Hustad E, Olsen DH. Creating a sustainable digital infrastructure: the role of service-oriented architecture. Procedia Comput Sci. 2021;181:597–604. source
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- cites [34] Lim AP, Thenuardi DS, Soewito B, Antonyova A. Survey on quality assurance testing on service oriented architecture. In: 2020 international conference on information management and technology (ICIMTech), 2020 Aug 13. IEEE. p. 443–7. source
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PremisecitationClinical health records using SNOMED CT support populations by facilitating early detection of emergent health issues, community health monitoring, and quick reaction to changing clinical practices, providing precise access to pertinent data while eliminating costly duplications and errors.
“Clinical health records using SNOMED CT support populations by facilitating early detection of emergent health issues, community health monitoring, and quick reaction to changing clinical practices, providing precise access to pertinent data while eliminating costly duplications and errors [30].”
Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim0 of 1 sources checked- cites [30] Nikiema JN, Bodenreider O. Comparing the representation of medicinal products in RxNorm and SNOMED CT-consequences on interoperability. In: ICBO, 2019. p. 1–6.
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PremisecitationAccess to a large quantity of diverse information from institutions must be readily available to understand the underlying causes of disease and develop diagnostics and therapeutics with better efficacy and safety.
“In order to understand the underlying causes of disease and develop diagnostics and therapeutics with better efficacy and safety, access to a large quantity of diverse information from institutions must be readily available.”
Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim0 of 1 sources checked- cites [39] Gaudet-Blavignac C, Raisaro JL, Touré V, Österle S, Crameri K, Lovis C. A national, semantic-driven, three-pillar strategy to enable health data secondary usage interoperability for research within the Swiss personalized health network: methodological study. JMIR Med Inform. 2021;9(6):e27591. source
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Interpretationnone givenThe lack of interoperability between healthcare systems reinforces the information silos that exist in today's paper-based medical files, resulting in private ownership over health data.
“The lack of interoperability between healthcare systems reinforces the information silos that exist in today's paper-based medical files, resulting in private ownership over health data.”
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PremisecitationManufacturing architectures have evolved into integrated networks of automation devices, services, and businesses due to recent developments in manufacturing technologies including cyber-physical systems, the industrial internet, artificial intelligence, and machine learning.
“Manufacturing architectures have evolved into integrated networks of automation devices, services, and businesses thanks to recent developments in manufacturing technologies including cyber-physical systems, the industrial internet, artificial intelligence, and machine learning.”
Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim0 of 1 sources checked- cites [41] McGuire MR. A critique of interoperability, big data, artificial intelligence and medical care in general currently. Health Sci J. 2018;12(5):1–2. source
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InterpretationcitationThe architecture and platforms used by machines and software programs present a considerable obstacle to interoperability in smart manufacturing.
“The architecture and platforms that are utilized by machines and software programs present a considerable obstacle to this.”
Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim0 of 1 sources checked- cites [41] McGuire MR. A critique of interoperability, big data, artificial intelligence and medical care in general currently. Health Sci J. 2018;12(5):1–2. source
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InterpretationcitationPersonalized medicine approaches can address these difficulties.
“Personalized medicine approaches can address these difficulties.”
Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim0 of 1 sources checked- cites [39] Gaudet-Blavignac C, Raisaro JL, Touré V, Österle S, Crameri K, Lovis C. A national, semantic-driven, three-pillar strategy to enable health data secondary usage interoperability for research within the Swiss personalized health network: methodological study. JMIR Med Inform. 2021;9(6):e27591. source
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InterpretationreasoningThe issues mentioned could encourage much-needed change in the information systems development field and promote further steps toward general interoperability in the national and international healthcare environments.
“Added to that, the issues mentioned could encourage much-needed change in the information systems development field and promote further steps toward general interoperability in the national and international healthcare environments.”
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InterpretationreasoningThe findings of this study could serve as strategic starting points for further integration of interoperability principles into the healthcare sector and more efficient ICT integration, particularly in countries where e-health planning and development is still in its early stages.
“Therefore, it can be said, the findings of this study could serve as strategic starting points for further integration of interoperability principles into the healthcare sector and more efficient ICT integration, particularly in countries where e-health planning and development is still in its early stages.”
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InterpretationcitationConnectivity from interoperable EHRs can drive improvements in translational research and clinical decision support, leading to improved patient outcomes and completing the bench to bedside and back paradigm.
“This connectivity can drive improvements in translational research and clinical decision support, leading to improved patient outcomes and completing the bench to bedside and back paradigm [39].”
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Interpretationnone givenPromoting interoperability between information systems that deal with sensitive information takes a significant amount of time and requires a large multidisciplinary expert team.
“Nevertheless, promoting interoperability between information systems that deal with sensitive information takes a significant amount of time and requires a large multidisciplinary expert team.”
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InterpretationreasoningConnecting outputs to inputs in computational drug discovery can be challenging and necessitate manual preprocessing of output and input files.
“Such an undertaking can be challenging and necessitate manual pre-processing of the output and input files.”
Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim0 of 1 sources checked- cites [40] Schaduangrat N, Lampa S, Simeon S, Gleeson MP, Spjuth O, Nantasenamat C. Towards reproducible computational drug discovery. J Cheminform. 2020;12(1):1–30. source
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PremisecitationImproved collaboration and data sharing are fundamental to managing the rise in complicated chronic diseases.
“Regardless of how personalized medicine is defined, it is evident that improved collaboration and data sharing are fundamental to managing the rise in complicated chronic diseases.”
Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim0 of 1 sources checked- cites [39] Gaudet-Blavignac C, Raisaro JL, Touré V, Österle S, Crameri K, Lovis C. A national, semantic-driven, three-pillar strategy to enable health data secondary usage interoperability for research within the Swiss personalized health network: methodological study. JMIR Med Inform. 2021;9(6):e27591. source
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InterpretationreasoningLack of interoperability has led to risen healthcare costs, deteriorated patient care quality, and compromised ability to integrate patient data across healthcare systems.
“Consequently, healthcare costs have risen, patient care quality has deteriorated, and the ability to integrate patient data across healthcare systems has been compromised.”
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Premisenone givenLegal and organizational issues are among the most important bottlenecks in interoperability.
“However, legal and organizational issues are among the most important bottlenecks in interoperability, which were not covered in this study.”
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InterpretationreasoningComputational drug discovery projects probably require preprocessing and connecting outputs of one software or tool as input to another.
“Pre-processing and connecting the outputs of one software or tool as input to another software or tool would probably be required for this.”
Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim0 of 1 sources checked- cites [40] Schaduangrat N, Lampa S, Simeon S, Gleeson MP, Spjuth O, Nantasenamat C. Towards reproducible computational drug discovery. J Cheminform. 2020;12(1):1–30. source
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Study design and conductnone givenLack of access to some articles due to lack of access to their full text and their non-English language was a limitation of the study.
“Also, lack of access to some articles due to the lack of access to their full text and their non-English language was another limitations of the study.”
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PremisecitationA typical research project in computational drug discovery uses a variety of software, programs, and tools to read input files, pre-process data, perform one or more computations, and do post-analysis.
“A typical research project in computational drug discovery uses a variety of software, programs, and tools to read input files, pre-process data, perform one or more computations, and do post-analysis.”
Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim0 of 1 sources checked- cites [40] Schaduangrat N, Lampa S, Simeon S, Gleeson MP, Spjuth O, Nantasenamat C. Towards reproducible computational drug discovery. J Cheminform. 2020;12(1):1–30. source
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InterpretationcitationThe growth of manufacturing technologies has led to a rising requirement for interoperability at all levels of the manufacturing ecosystem.
“The rising requirement for interoperability at all levels of the manufacturing ecosystem is one of the difficulties that have come about as a result of this growth.”
Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim0 of 1 sources checked- cites [41] McGuire MR. A critique of interoperability, big data, artificial intelligence and medical care in general currently. Health Sci J. 2018;12(5):1–2. source
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InterpretationcitationSuccessful interoperability implementation in smart manufacturing will lead to efficient communication and error-prone data interchange between devices, users, systems, and platforms.
“Thus, a successful interoperability implementation in smart manufacturing will lead to efficient communication and error-prone data interchange between devices, users, systems, and platforms.”
Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim0 of 1 sources checked- cites [41] McGuire MR. A critique of interoperability, big data, artificial intelligence and medical care in general currently. Health Sci J. 2018;12(5):1–2. source
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InterpretationcitationIndustry-specific interoperability and their corresponding logical semantics can help comprehend the topic better.
“Industry-specific interoperability and their corresponding logical semantics can help us comprehend the topic better [41].”
Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim0 of 1 sources checked- cites [41] McGuire MR. A critique of interoperability, big data, artificial intelligence and medical care in general currently. Health Sci J. 2018;12(5):1–2. source
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No systematic study of the issue of interoperability of health information systems exists.
“To the best of our knowledge, there has been no systematic study of the issue of interoperability of health information systems.”
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The health industry has become more complex and has new needs.
“The health industry has become more complex and has new needs.”
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The issue of interoperability of health information systems is currently in a state of disarray.
“Despite the importance of the interoperability of health information systems, the various approaches taken to create it, and the growing academic interest in it, this issue is currently in a state of disarray.”
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Interoperability has a significant positive impact on healthcare.
“Without question, interoperability has a significant positive impact on healthcare.”
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Centralized data-sharing systems have limitations including data privacy and security concerns, interoperability issues, and single points of failure.
“However, centralized data-sharing systems have limitations, such as data privacy and security concerns [5]interoperability issues [6], and single points of failure [7].”
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- Authors
- Torab-Miandoab, A., Samad-Soltani, T., Jodati, A., & Rezaei-Hachesu, P.
- Affiliations
- Tabriz University of Medical Sciences (IR)
- Venue
- BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
- Published
- 2023-01-24
- Volume
- 23
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 18-18
- ISSN
- 1472-6947 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC9875417
- OpenAlex
- W4317904523
- Cited by
- 393
- References
- 41
- Citations by year
- 2026: 129 · 2025: 135 · 2024: 109 · 2023: 19 · 2022: 1
- FWCI
- 15.27
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Locations
- BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Funders
- Tabriz University of Medical Sciences
- University of Tabriz
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Health Information Management › Electronic Health Records Systems
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Health Information Management › Medical Coding and Health Information
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Issues, ethics and legal aspects › Nursing Diagnosis and Documentation
- Keywords
- interoperability, health information systems, heterogeneous systems, electronic health records, HL7 FHIR, Clinical Document Architecture, HIPAA, SNOMED CT, semantic interoperability, data exchange, integration mechanisms
- MeSH terms
- Humans, Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine, Electronic Health Records, Health Information Systems
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