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SynthesisBMC medical informatics and decision making2023

Interoperability of heterogeneous health information systems: a systematic literature review.

Amir Torab-Miandoab, Taha Samad-Soltani, Ahmadreza Jodati, Peyman Rezaei-Hachesu

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Synthesis in BMC medical informatics and decision making, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 126 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

126 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Amir Torab-MiandoabDepartment of Health Information Technology, Faculty of Management and Medical Informatics, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Golghast St., Tabriz, 5166614711, Iran.
Taha Samad-SoltaniDepartment of Health Information Technology, Faculty of Management and Medical Informatics, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Golghast St., Tabriz, 5166614711, Iran.
Ahmadreza JodatiCardiovascular Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Peyman Rezaei-HachesuDepartment of Health Information Technology, Faculty of Management and Medical Informatics, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Golghast St., Tabriz, 5166614711, Iran. rezaeip@tbzmed.ac.ir.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe 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.

methodsIn 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.

resultsInteroperability 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.

conclusionsThe 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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Health Information SystemsElectronic Health RecordsHumansSystematized Nomenclature of MedicineElectronic health recordHealth information systemsHeterogeneousInteroperabilityRequirements

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PMID36694161
PMCPMC9875417

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