Title :
Secondary uses of EHR systems: A feasibility study
Author :
Pecoraro, Fabrizio ; Luzi, Daniela ; Ricci, Fabrizio L.
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Res. on Population & Social Policies, Rome, Italy
Abstract :
This paper proposes a data warehouse architecture based on the Electronic Health Record (EHR) technological infrastructure developed in Italy. The adoption of EHRs can represent a possible solution to integrate data provided by different information sources transforming them into useful knowledge. This allows to define metrics and assessment of clinical performance as well as to take corrective actions to support better business decision-making. The paper describes the main advantages in the application of EHR for secondary purposes and reports the data warehouse design framework outlining its architecture as well as examples of business process dimensional models based on a set of clinical indicators defined to manage the intervention of patients with diabetes.
Keywords :
data warehouses; decision making; diseases; electronic health records; medical computing; EHR technological infrastructure; business process dimensional models; data warehouse architecture; data warehouse design framework; decision making; diabetes; electronic health record technological infrastructure; information sources; Biological information theory; Cities and towns; Diabetes; Medical diagnostic imaging; Monitoring; Organizations; Transforms; Clinical indicators; Data Warehouse Architecture; Electronic Healthcare Record (EHR); Secondary uses;
Conference_Titel :
E-Health and Bioengineering Conference (EHB), 2013
Conference_Location :
Iasi
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-2372-4
DOI :
10.1109/EHB.2013.6707295
