Usability of HL7 and SNOMED CT standards in Java Persistence API environment

Area of Science:

• Health Informatics
• Software Engineering

Background:

• Healthcare systems face communication and data heterogeneity challenges.
• Information standards like HL7 and SNOMED CT aim to solve these issues.
• Integrating diverse healthcare systems requires standardized approaches.

Purpose of the Study:

• To evaluate the usability of HL7 and SNOMED CT standards in a Java Persistence API (JPA) environment.
• To examine efficient generation of standard-based healthcare system components.
• To present an architecture design method for overcoming standard drawbacks.

Main Methods:

• Introduction to the structure, advantages, and disadvantages of HL7 and SNOMED CT.
• Presentation of an architecture design method.
• Focus on Java Persistence API (JPA) implementation.

Main Results:

• Demonstration of how HL7 and SNOMED CT can be utilized within JPA.
• Identification of methods to address structural limitations of the standards.
• Facilitation of automatic code generation for system components.

Conclusions:

• Standard-based component generation is feasible and efficient in JPA.
• The proposed architecture design method enhances the applicability of healthcare standards.
• Improved integration and communication in healthcare systems are achievable.