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ArticleJournal of medical Internet research2023

The Status of Data Management Practices Across German Medical Data Integration Centers: Mixed Methods Study.

Kerstin Gierend, Sherry Freiesleben, Dennis Kadioglu, Fabian Siegel, Thomas Ganslandt, Dagmar Waltemath

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Article in Journal of medical Internet research, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Kerstin GierendDepartment of Biomedical Informatics at the Center for Preventive Medicine and Digital Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0417-3454
Sherry FreieslebenCore Unit Data Integration Center and Medical Informatics Laboratory, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-1688-5419
Dennis KadiogluInstitute for Medical Informatics (IMI), Goethe University Frankfurt, University Hospital, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-1561-4924
Fabian SiegelDepartment of Biomedical Informatics at the Center for Preventive Medicine and Digital Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-9673-5030
Thomas Ganslandt *Chair of Medical Informatics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-6864-8936
Dagmar Waltemath *Core Unit Data Integration Center and Medical Informatics Laboratory, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5886-5563
Heidelberg University · DEUniversitätsmedizin Greifswald · DEFriedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg · DEGoethe University Frankfurt · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIn the context of the Medical Informatics Initiative, medical data integration centers (DICs) have implemented complex data flows to transfer routine health care data into research data repositories for secondary use. Data management practices are of importance throughout these processes, and special attention should be given to provenance aspects. Insufficient knowledge can lead to validity risks and reduce the confidence and quality of the processed data. The need to implement maintainable data management practices is undisputed, but there is a great lack of clarity on the status.

objectiveOur study examines the current data management practices throughout the data life cycle within the Medical Informatics in Research and Care in University Medicine (MIRACUM) consortium. We present a framework for the maturity status of data management practices and present recommendations to enable a trustful dissemination and reuse of routine health care data.

methodsIn this mixed methods study, we conducted semistructured interviews with stakeholders from 10 DICs between July and September 2021. We used a self-designed questionnaire that we tailored to the MIRACUM DICs, to collect qualitative and quantitative data. Our study method is compliant with the Good Reporting of a Mixed Methods Study (GRAMMS) checklist.

resultsOur study provides insights into the data management practices at the MIRACUM DICs. We identify several traceability issues that can be partially explained with a lack of contextual information within nonharmonized workflow steps, unclear responsibilities, missing or incomplete data elements, and incomplete information about the computational environment information. Based on the identified shortcomings, we suggest a data management maturity framework to reach more clarity and to help define enhanced data management strategies.

conclusionsThe data management maturity framework supports the production and dissemination of accurate and provenance-enriched data for secondary use. Our work serves as a catalyst for the derivation of an overarching data management strategy, abiding data integrity and provenance characteristics as key factors. We envision that this work will lead to the generation of fairer and maintained health research data of high quality.

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Data ManagementMedical InformaticsDelivery of Health CareHumansSurveys and Questionnairesdata integration centerdata managementmaturity modelmetadataprovenancetraceability

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