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  • Health Informatics
  • Software Engineering
  • Data Management

Background:

  • Electronic medical record (EMR) systems require robust privacy and security measures.
  • System developers often lack access to real patient data for testing due to ethical and governance constraints.
  • Current testing methods using random or anonymized data have significant quality limitations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a tool and methodology for simulating realistic electronic patient records.
  • To address the shortcomings of existing test data generation methods.
  • To support the development of data-centric electronic healthcare systems.

Main Methods:

  • A novel tool and methodology were created for efficient simulation.
  • The approach generates large volumes of realistic-enough electronic patient records.
  • Focus on creating data suitable for developing data-centric healthcare systems.

Main Results:

  • Successfully simulated large quantities of realistic electronic patient records.
  • Overcame limitations associated with random or anonymized test data.
  • Provided a viable solution for testing data-centric healthcare systems.

Conclusions:

  • The developed tool and methodology enable efficient generation of realistic test data.
  • This facilitates the robust development and testing of secure EMR systems.
  • Enhances the quality and reliability of data-centric electronic healthcare solutions.