title: Mapping from a clinical data warehouse to the HL7 Reference Information Model.
abstract: Large-scale data integration efforts to support clinical and biologic research are greatly facilitated by the adoption of standards for the representation and exchange of data. As part of a larger project to design the necessary architecture for multi-institutional sharing of disparate biomedical data, we explored the potential of the HL7 Reference Information Model (RIM) for representing the data stored in a local academic clinical data warehouse. A necessary first step in information exchange with such a warehouse is the development and utilization of tools for transforming between local data schemas and standards-based conceptual data models. We describe our initial efforts at mapping clinical concepts from a relational data warehouse to the HL7 RIM.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Health Evaluation Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA.
authors.forename: Jason A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Lyman
authors.forename: Ken
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Scully
authors.forename: Steve
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tropello
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Boyd
authors.forename: Jason
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dalton
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pelletier
authors.forename: Csaba
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Egyhazy
mesh_terms: D003195:Computer Communication Networks / Q000592:standards*; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000592:standards*; D007256:Information Systems / Q000592:standards*; D018511:Systems Integration; D018875:Vocabulary, Controlled