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ArticleJMIR medical informatics2025

Assessing Data Quality in Heterogeneous Health Care Integration: Simulation Study of the AIDAVA Framework.

Jens Declerck, Ömer Durukan Kılıç, Ensar Emir Erol, Shervin Mehryar, Dipak Kalra, Isabelle de Zegher, Remzi Celebi

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Jens DeclerckThe European Institute for Innovation Through Health Data, Oosterzele, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-9743-9188
Ömer Durukan KılıçDepartment of Advanced Computing Sciences, Institute of Data Science, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0009-0000-7823-4753
Ensar Emir ErolDepartment of Advanced Computing Sciences, Institute of Data Science, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-5739-8860
Shervin MehryarDepartment of Advanced Computing Sciences, Institute of Data Science, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-9062-6925
Dipak KalraThe European Institute for Innovation Through Health Data, Oosterzele, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-2998-9882
Isabelle de ZegherB!lboa, Tervuren, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-4514-7578
Remzi CelebiDepartment of Advanced Computing Sciences, Institute of Data Science, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-7769-4272

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backgroundIntegrated health data are foundational for secondary use, research, and policymaking. However, data quality issues-such as missing values and inconsistencies-are common due to the heterogeneity of health data sources. Existing frameworks often use static, 1-time assessments, which limit their ability to address quality issues across evolving data pipelines.

objectiveThis study evaluates the AIDAVA (artificial intelligence-powered data curation and validation) data quality framework, which introduces dynamic, life cycle-based validation of health data using knowledge graph technologies and SHACL (Shapes Constraint Language)-based rules. The framework is assessed for its ability to detect and manage data quality issues-specifically, completeness and consistency-during integration.

methodsUsing the MIMIC-III (Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care-III) dataset, we simulated real-world data quality challenges by introducing structured noise, including missing values and logical inconsistencies. The data was transformed into source knowledge graphs and integrated into a unified personal health knowledge graph. SHACL validation rules were applied iteratively during the integration process, and data quality was assessed under varying noise levels and integration orders.

resultsThe AIDAVA framework effectively detected completeness and consistency issues across all scenarios. Completeness was shown to influence the interpretability of consistency scores, and domain-specific attributes (eg, diagnoses and procedures) were more sensitive to integration order and data gaps.

conclusionsAIDAVA supports dynamic, rule-based validation throughout the data life cycle. By addressing both dimension-specific vulnerabilities and cross-dimensional effects, it lays the groundwork for scalable, high-quality health data integration. Future work should explore deployment in live clinical settings and expand to additional quality dimensions.

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Artificial IntelligenceData AccuracyDelivery of Health Care, IntegratedComputer SimulationHumansdata qualitydata quality assessmentdata quality dimensionsdata quality frameworkfit for purposehealth dataknowledge graphontologysecondary use

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PMCPMC12779104

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