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Arkalgud Ramaprasad1, Nanda Kumar Bidare Sastry2, Thant Syn3
1Department of Information and Decision Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
|January 4, 2018
Summary
We developed a framework to systematically understand precision healthcare informatics (PHI). This ontology maps PHI
Area of Science:
- Health Informatics
- Precision Medicine
Background:
- Precision healthcare informatics (PHI) is complex and often approached simplistically.
- A systematic approach is needed to fully understand and develop PHI.
Purpose of the Study:
- To present a unified, high-level ontology framework for envisioning precision healthcare informatics.
- To deconstruct PHI into six core dimensions for systematic analysis.
Main Methods:
- Developed a framework as a high-level ontology.
- Deconstructed PHI into six dimensions: informatics (structure, function, semiotics) and precision healthcare (stakeholders, care, value).
- Articulated each dimension as a taxonomy of constituent elements.
Main Results:
- The framework encapsulates the combinatorial complexity of PHI, describing 37,800 potential components.
- Enables systematic, systemic, and symmetrical envisioning of PHI, contrasting with selective approaches.
- Facilitates mapping research, practice, and policy, identifying gaps, and developing future roadmaps.
Conclusions:
- The proposed ontology provides a comprehensive tool for understanding and advancing precision healthcare informatics.
- The framework is scalable and extensible to accommodate the evolving nature of PHI.
- It supports strategic planning for research, practice, and policy in PHI.
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