Authors:
Richard Vdovjak
1
;
Brecht Claerhout
2
and
Anca Bucur
1
Affiliations:
1
Philips Research, Netherlands
;
2
Custodix, Belgium
Keyword(s):
Clinical trials, EHR, Semantic interoperability, Security, Privacy, Information integration.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Biomedical Engineering
;
Confidentiality and Data Security
;
Data Engineering
;
Electronic Health Records and Standards
;
Enterprise Information Systems
;
Health Information Systems
;
Information Systems Analysis and Specification
;
Knowledge Management
;
Ontologies and the Semantic Web
;
Semantic Interoperability
;
Society, e-Business and e-Government
;
Web Information Systems and Technologies
Abstract:
Efficient collaboration and data sharing are essential prerequisites for improving efficiency, safety and outcomes in medicine. Current separation of clinical research and care creates a significant knowledge gap, especially in the case of complex diseases such as cancer, hampering research and slowing down the transfer of the latest research results to patient care. The momentum gained by initiatives focusing on these aspects indicates that under the right circumstances, the biomedical community is ready and willing to open up. However, main technological barriers concerning semantic interoperability, security and privacy need to be addressed to make this change possible. In this paper we describe our scalable, standards-based and open approach towards addressing these issues in the context of a large initiative with focus in oncology.