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Deepak Unni¹, Sophie Anne Inès Klopfenstein², Harald Witte¹

¹Swiss Personalized Health Network, SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Switzerland.

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Summary

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The Swiss Personalized Health Network (SPHN) now maps its semantic data model to Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR). This integration enhances health data research and interoperability across institutions.

Keywords:

Clinical Data FHIR RDF SPHN Semantic Web

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Area of Science:

Health Informatics
Biomedical Data Science
Semantic Web Technologies

Background:

The Swiss Personalized Health Network (SPHN) aims to enable responsible health data research in Switzerland.
SPHN utilizes the SPHN RDF Schema, a graph-based model using Resource Description Framework (RDF) for semantic encoding.
RDF and semantic web technologies facilitate the integration of diverse clinical datasets into research-ready knowledge graphs.

Purpose of the Study:

To present the first comprehensive mapping of SPHN semantics to Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR).
To bridge the gap between SPHN's semantic data model and FHIR's clinical data exchange standard.
To facilitate the transformation of SPHN RDF data into FHIR representation for enhanced research and collaboration.

Main Methods:

Development of a comprehensive FHIR specification to map SPHN semantics.
Leveraging Resource Description Framework (RDF) and semantic web technologies for data representation.
Planning data transformation protocols from SPHN RDF to FHIR.

Main Results:

A novel FHIR specification enabling the semantic mapping of SPHN data has been developed.
The mapping facilitates the translation of SPHN-compatible RDF data into FHIR format.
This work lays the foundation for transforming SPHN data into a widely adopted clinical exchange standard.

Conclusions:

The developed FHIR specification enhances the interoperability of Swiss health data for research.
This initiative supports the transformation of SPHN data into FHIR, promoting broader data exchange.
Further validation with partner hospitals is planned to refine and confirm the specification's utility.