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ArticleJMIR medical informatics2023

A Standardized Clinical Data Harmonization Pipeline for Scalable AI Application Deployment (FHIR-DHP): Validation and Usability Study.

Elena Williams, Manuel Kienast, Evelyn Medawar, Janis Reinelt, Alberto Merola, Sophie Anne Ines Klopfenstein, Anne Rike Flint, Patrick Heeren, Akira-Sebastian Poncette, Felix Balzer and 6 more

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Article in JMIR medical informatics, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors.

Elena WilliamsAICURA Medical GmbH, Berlin, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9396-2078
Manuel KienastAICURA Medical GmbH, Berlin, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5522-6619
Evelyn MedawarAICURA Medical GmbH, Berlin, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5011-8275
Janis ReineltAICURA Medical GmbH, Berlin, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0321-8334
Alberto MerolaAICURA Medical GmbH, Berlin, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0900-963X
Sophie Anne Ines KlopfensteinInstitute of Medical Informatics, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8470-2258
Anne Rike FlintInstitute of Medical Informatics, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1414-5812
Patrick HeerenInstitute of Medical Informatics, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9356-2296
Akira-Sebastian PoncetteInstitute of Medical Informatics, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4627-7016
Felix BalzerInstitute of Medical Informatics, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1575-2056
Julian Beimesidalab GmbH, Berlin, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8602-2838
Paul von Bünauidalab GmbH, Berlin, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6806-0718
Jonas ChromikDigital Health - Connected Healthcare, Hasso Plattner Institute, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5709-4381
Bert ArnrichDigital Health - Connected Healthcare, Hasso Plattner Institute, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8380-7667
Nico ScherfMax Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4003-9121
Sebastian NiehausAICURA Medical GmbH, Berlin, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1291-6836

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIncreasing digitalization in the medical domain gives rise to large amounts of health care data, which has the potential to expand clinical knowledge and transform patient care if leveraged through artificial intelligence (AI). Yet, big data and AI oftentimes cannot unlock their full potential at scale, owing to nonstandardized data formats, lack of technical and semantic data interoperability, and limited cooperation between stakeholders in the health care system. Despite the existence of standardized data formats for the medical domain, such as Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR), their prevalence and usability for AI remain limited.

objectiveIn this paper, we developed a data harmonization pipeline (DHP) for clinical data sets relying on the common FHIR data standard.

methodsWe validated the performance and usability of our FHIR-DHP with data from the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care IV database.

resultsWe present the FHIR-DHP workflow in respect of the transformation of "raw" hospital records into a harmonized, AI-friendly data representation. The pipeline consists of the following 5 key preprocessing steps: querying of data from hospital database, FHIR mapping, syntactic validation, transfer of harmonized data into the patient-model database, and export of data in an AI-friendly format for further medical applications. A detailed example of FHIR-DHP execution was presented for clinical diagnoses records.

conclusionsOur approach enables the scalable and needs-driven data modeling of large and heterogenous clinical data sets. The FHIR-DHP is a pivotal step toward increasing cooperation, interoperability, and quality of patient care in the clinical routine and for medical research.

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AIAI applicationartificial intelligencecarecare unitcooperationdatadata interoperabilitydata standardization pipelinedeploymentdiagnosisfast healthcare interoperability resourcesFHIRmedical information mart for intensive caremedical researchMIMIC IVpatient careusability

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PMCPMC10131740

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