Document Type : Original Article
Authors
School of Intelligent Systems, College of Interdisciplinary Science and Technologies, University of Tehran
Abstract
Introduction: The abundance and diversity of healthcare data play pivotal role in service delivery to various stakceholders. Upon examination of the smart hospital requirements and state-of-art in literature, a critical requirement emerges - the provision of appropriate software architecture to conduct data sharing.
Methods: Requirements analysis is carried out by both considering current challenges of Panzdah Khordad hospital as a case and new smart hospitals approach separately, We apply Babok standard, Business Analysis Body of Knowledge for this analysis. Unstructured interviews with all stake holders within the hospital through the use of focus group are conducted to identify the current challenges. On the other side, unstructured interviews with smart hospital group of experts also are performed to complement the software architecture requirements. Finally, we undertake a thorough investigation of a distinguished reference architecture known as Data as a Service (DaaS) within this domain. Next, we introduce a new software architecture for healthcare data sharing in smart hospital which supports identified requirements thoroughly. Evaluation of the proposed data sharing architecture regarding DaaS components and similar ones (Ketos architecture) are conducted.
Results: Developed smart hospital data sharing architecture enables intelligent and effective deployment of hospital data through sharing with authorized parties. The architecture includes microservice components for developing services, a smart hospital core, and internally defined services tailored to meet specific operational needs.
Conclusions: The proposed architecture based on several microservices, offers microservices capabilities for provision and usage, expandability, and integration with Hospital Information System (HIS) and SEPAS national system. Additionally, it enables communication and provision of value-added service through collaboration with 3rd partied ranging from startups to HIS providers, telco operators and medical industry partners, promoting interoperability and efficient and controlled data exchange to support innovation.
Keywords: Healthcare data, Smart hospital, Hospital Information System, Data sharing, Microservice architecture
Keywords
- Health data
- Smart hospital
- Hospital Information System
- Babok standard
- Data sharing
- Microservice architecture
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