Integrating Mobile Devices Data into a MeDIC Inside a Hospital - Lessons Learned.

Area of Science:

• Medical Informatics
• Digital Health
• Cardiology

Background:

• Investigating the utility of mobile device data for identifying patients at risk of heart failure (HF) clinical worsening.
• Implementing standard-based integration of mobile data within a university clinic's Medical Data Integration Center (MeDIC).

Purpose of the Study:

• To explore the complexities and best practices for integrating mobile device data into a clinical research setting.
• To develop a framework for planning future mobile data integration projects in healthcare.

Main Methods:

• Live data processing without bulk export.
• Integration of 24,817 FHIR messages containing mobile data from 23 enrolled patients.
• Identification and review of four distinct data integration approaches from existing literature.

Main Results:

• Successful integration of mobile device data into a university hospital's infrastructure.
• Demonstrated the feasibility of using FHIR standards for mobile health data.
• Encountered complexities inherent in integrating diverse data streams within a clinical environment.

Conclusions:

• Integrating mobile device data into university hospitals presents significant complexity.
• A list of critical questions for planning such integrations was derived.
• Emphasis placed on clarifying requirements and meticulously considering implementation details for future research.