Letter to the Editor: FHIR RDF - Why the world needs structured electronic health records.

Turki, Houcemeddine; Rasberry, Lane; Hadj Taieb, Mohamed Ali; Mietchen, Daniel; Ben Aouicha, Mohamed; Pouris, Anastassios; Bousrih, Yamen · J Biomed Inform · 2022

editorial · Level V

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Abstract

This comment discusses the benefits of representing and reusing the information in Electronic Health Record databases as knowledge graphs in the RDF format based on the FHIR RDF specification. As a structured representation of clinical data, FHIR RDF-based electronic health records allow a simpler and more effective integration of biomedical information using semantic alignment, queries, interoperability, and federation to provide better support for health practice and research.

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