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A scoping review of semantic integration of health data and information.
Zhang, Hansi; Lyu, Tianchen; Yin, Pengfei; Bost, Sarah; He, Xing; Guo, Yi; Prosperi, Mattia; Hogan, Willian R; Bian, Jiang.
  • Zhang H; Health Outcomes & Biomedical Informatics, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States.
  • Lyu T; Health Outcomes & Biomedical Informatics, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States.
  • Yin P; Health Outcomes & Biomedical Informatics, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States.
  • Bost S; Health Outcomes & Biomedical Informatics, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States.
  • He X; Health Outcomes & Biomedical Informatics, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States.
  • Guo Y; Health Outcomes & Biomedical Informatics, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States.
  • Prosperi M; Department of Epidemiology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States.
  • Hogan WR; Health Outcomes & Biomedical Informatics, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States.
  • Bian J; Health Outcomes & Biomedical Informatics, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States. Electronic address: bianjiang@ufl.edu.
Int J Med Inform ; 165: 104834, 2022 09.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1945205
ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE:

We summarized a decade of new research focusing on semantic data integration (SDI) since 2009, and we aim to (1) summarize the state-of-art approaches on integrating health data and information; and (2) identify the main gaps and challenges of integrating health data and information from multiple levels and domains. MATERIALS AND

METHODS:

We used PubMed as our focus is applications of SDI in biomedical domains and followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) to search and report for relevant studies published between January 1, 2009 and December 31, 2021. We used Covidence-a systematic review management system-to carry out this scoping review.

RESULTS:

The initial search from PubMed resulted in 5,326 articles using the two sets of keywords. We then removed 44 duplicates and 5,282 articles were retained for abstract screening. After abstract screening, we included 246 articles for full-text screening, among which 87 articles were deemed eligible for full-text extraction. We summarized the 87 articles from four aspects (1) methods for the global schema; (2) data integration strategies (i.e., federated system vs. data warehousing); (3) the sources of the data; and (4) downstream applications.

CONCLUSION:

SDI approach can effectively resolve the semantic heterogeneities across different data sources. We identified two key gaps and challenges in existing SDI studies that (1) many of the existing SDI studies used data from only single-level data sources (e.g., integrating individual-level patient records from different hospital systems), and (2) documentation of the data integration processes is sparse, threatening the reproducibility of SDI studies.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Semantics / Information Storage and Retrieval Type of study: Reviews / Systematic review/Meta Analysis Limits: Humans Language: English Journal: Int J Med Inform Journal subject: Medical Informatics Year: 2022 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: J.ijmedinf.2022.104834

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Semantics / Information Storage and Retrieval Type of study: Reviews / Systematic review/Meta Analysis Limits: Humans Language: English Journal: Int J Med Inform Journal subject: Medical Informatics Year: 2022 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: J.ijmedinf.2022.104834