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Using signaling pathway knowledge in a hospital setting: Extending the FHIR standard for health care data exchange
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Florian Auer
- University of Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany
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Frank Kramer
- University of Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany
| Veröffentlicht: | 6. September 2019 |
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In modern Systems Medicine approaches the aim is to look at increasingly complex interactions of complete signaling pathways in order to get a more holistic view. Individualized treatment decisions and newly developed specialized drugs warrant the need to broaden the focus in precision medicine from singular biomarkers to pathways [1].
On the other hand, pathway databases offer vast amounts of knowledge on biological networks, freely available and encoded in semi-structured formats [2], [3]. The efficient re-use of pathway knowledge and its integration into bioinformatic analyses enables new insights for researchers in systems medicine.
However, the vast amount of published data on molecular interactions makes it increasingly challenging for life science researchers to find and extract the most relevant information. Currently, the tools to use this information and integrate it in a clinical context are still lacking [4]. To use this information, adaption to established specifications and standards for health care data exchange is essential.
Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) [5] are modular and extendable components, building upon web standards and RESTful architectures for seamless information exchange. Currently, there's no complex data type available to represent networks within the FHIR framework, despite its increasing application in research. Here we present an extension of the existing FHIR specification, utilizing state of the art technology [6], [7] and well-established standard data models [8], [9], [10].
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
The authors declare that an ethics committee vote is not required.
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