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  • Health Informatics
  • Data Standards

Background:

  • Data maps are widely used in digital health to translate between different coding systems.
  • Historically, minor errors in these maps had limited impact, primarily affecting data aggregation and reporting.
  • Current invisible use of data maps in clinical data sharing presents significant data quality and patient safety risks.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To highlight the critical data quality and patient safety issues associated with data maps in clinical settings.
  • To discuss the key determinants of map quality and their impact on patient safety.
  • To propose minimal requirements and suggest alternatives for improving data map quality in healthcare.

Main Methods:

  • Review of the International Standards Organization (ISO) standard on map quality.
  • Analysis of real-world experiences to assess the impact of map quality on patient safety.
  • Discussion of key determinants influencing data map quality.

Main Results:

  • Poor data map quality represents a significant, unaddressed risk to patient safety in digital health.
  • The International Standards Organization (ISO) is reviewing its map quality standard to address these safety concerns.
  • Real-world experiences demonstrate the tangible impact of map quality issues on patient safety.

Conclusions:

  • Urgent attention to data map quality is required to mitigate patient safety risks in clinical data exchange.
  • Adherence to improved map quality standards, potentially informed by the ISO review, is crucial.
  • Establishing minimal requirements for clinical data maps is necessary for safe interoperability and data use.