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

fYear

2013

fDate

21-23 Nov. 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

E-Health and Bioengineering Conference (EHB), 2013

Conference_Location

Iasi

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-2372-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EHB.2013.6707295

Filename

6707295