BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN CLINICAL RESEARCH AND CARE - Approaches to Semantic Interoperability, Security & Privacy

Richard Vdovjak, Brecht Claerhout, Anca Bucur

2012

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.

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Vdovjak R., Claerhout B. and Bucur A. (2012). BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN CLINICAL RESEARCH AND CARE - Approaches to Semantic Interoperability, Security & Privacy . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Health Informatics - Volume 1: HEALTHINF, (BIOSTEC 2012) ISBN 978-989-8425-88-1, pages 281-286. DOI: 10.5220/0003872202810286


in Bibtex Style

@conference{healthinf12,
author={Richard Vdovjak and Brecht Claerhout and Anca Bucur},
title={BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN CLINICAL RESEARCH AND CARE - Approaches to Semantic Interoperability, Security & Privacy},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Health Informatics - Volume 1: HEALTHINF, (BIOSTEC 2012)},
year={2012},
pages={281-286},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003872202810286},
isbn={978-989-8425-88-1},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Health Informatics - Volume 1: HEALTHINF, (BIOSTEC 2012)
TI - BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN CLINICAL RESEARCH AND CARE - Approaches to Semantic Interoperability, Security & Privacy
SN - 978-989-8425-88-1
AU - Vdovjak R.
AU - Claerhout B.
AU - Bucur A.
PY - 2012
SP - 281
EP - 286
DO - 10.5220/0003872202810286