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Franziska Bathelt1,2, Stephan Lorenz3, Jens Weidner3
1Thiem-Research GmbH, Thiemstraße 111, 03048, Cottbus, Brandenburg, Germany. f.bathelt@mul-ct.de.
Journal of Medical Systems
|February 18, 2025
Summary
Modular systems, like microservices, are increasingly used in healthcare for better data interoperability. Implementation requires standards like HL7 FHIR and attention to performance challenges.
Area of Science:
- Health Informatics
- Software Engineering
- Information Systems
Background:
- Healthcare systems often use isolated information systems, creating data silos.
- Increasing demands for documentation, quality assurance, and data research necessitate flexible, maintainable, and interoperable solutions.
Purpose of the Study:
- To review the adoption and effectiveness of modular systems in healthcare.
- To analyze service-oriented and microservice architectures in medical data management.
Main Methods:
- Scoping review of modular systems in the medical field.
- Analysis of implementation challenges and lessons learned from productive use cases.
Main Results:
- A notable increase in microservice adoption, indicating a trend towards encapsulated, autonomous functions.
- Recommendations include using HL7 FHIR, RESTful interfaces, standard protocols, and HIPAA security rules.
Conclusions:
- Modular architectures offer flexibility and scalability for healthcare information systems.
- Performance issues, such as high communication demand in microservices, require solutions like cloud integration.
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