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Methodology for Establishing a Community-Wide Life Laboratory for Capturing Unobtrusive and Continuous Remote Activity and Health Data

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Published on: July 27, 2018

Annotation-Driven Middleware for Laboratory Data Exchange: Building Federated and Equitable Health Information

Sankatha Bamunuge¹, Tia Haddad¹, Souheil Khaddaj¹

¹School of Computer Science and Mathematics, Kingston University London.

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Summary

This paper proposes an annotation-driven middleware (ADM) to improve laboratory data exchange. ADM uses machine-readable annotations for rules, enhancing interoperability and transparency in healthcare systems.

Keywords:

Federated platforms Health Information Systems Laboratory data Patient safety

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Methodology for Establishing a Community-Wide Life Laboratory for Capturing Unobtrusive and Continuous Remote Activity and Health Data

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Published on: July 27, 2018

Area of Science:

Health Informatics
Computer Science
Data Governance

Background:

Laboratory data exchange is fragmented across institutions, hindering safe and equitable healthcare.
Current systems (LIMS, EHRs) use bespoke interfaces, limiting interoperability, scalability, and transparency.
A need exists for a more unified and governable approach to laboratory data sharing.

Purpose of the Study:

To propose a novel Annotation-Driven Middleware (ADM) paradigm for federated laboratory data exchange.
To outline a design for ADM that enhances interoperability, scalability, and governance transparency.
To advocate for a declarative approach to laboratory data integration.

Main Methods:

Proposing an ADM paradigm utilizing machine-readable annotations.
Describing a cloud-native orchestration layer to interpret annotations for routing, transformation, and policy enforcement.
Using illustrative scenarios to discuss the feasibility of the ADM approach.

Main Results:

ADM decouples governance intent from technical integration logic.
Enables declarative configuration by domain experts for modular, standards-agnostic interoperability.
Facilitates transparent, governable, and federated laboratory data exchange.

Conclusions:

The ADM paradigm offers a promising solution for fragmented laboratory data exchange.
This approach supports enhanced interoperability and governance in healthcare data systems.
ADM aims to inform future implementations of transparent and federated data infrastructures.