An Ontology for Healthcare Quality Indicators: Challenges for Semantic Interoperability
Date
2015
Authors
White, Pam
Roudsari, Abdul
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
Abstract
Semantic interoperability, a popular research area for electronic health records, can also be a challenge for quality indicators. We analysed attributes and relationships in a diverse set of over 200 healthcare quality indicators and created a searchable ontology. The ontology is intended to help reduce duplication of effort in healthcare quality monitoring. We describe issues with coding the indicators and specifying inclusion and exclusion criteria and propose some solutions.
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Keywords
Quality Indicators, Health Care, Medical Records Systems, Computerized, Ontologies, Quality Assurance, Health Care
Citation
White, P. & Roudsari, A. (2015). An ontology for healthcare quality indicators: Challenges for semantic interoperability. In Cornet, R., Stoicu-Tivadar, L., Hörbst, A., Calderón, C.L.P., Andersen, S.K. & Hercigonja-Szekeres, M. (Eds.), Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, Volume 210: Digital Healthcare Empowering Europeans (pp.414-418). Amsterdam, NL: IOS Press.