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Appl Clin Inform 2016; 07(03): 817-831
DOI: 10.4338/ACI-2016-04-RA-0058
Research Article
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Integrating Genomic Resources with Electronic Health Records using the HL7 Infobutton Standard

Bret S.E. Heale
1   University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
7   Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, UT
,
Casey Lynnette Overby
2   Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
4   Geisinger Health System, Danville, PA
,
Guilherme Del Fiol
1   University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
,
Wendy S. Rubinstein
3   National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
,
Donna R. Maglott
3   National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
,
Tristan H. Nelson
4   Geisinger Health System, Danville, PA
,
Aleksandar Milosavljevic
5   Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
,
Christa L. Martin
4   Geisinger Health System, Danville, PA
,
Scott R. Goehringer
4   Geisinger Health System, Danville, PA
,
Robert R. Freimuth
6   Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
,
Marc S. Williams
4   Geisinger Health System, Danville, PA
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Funding Funding Bret Heale was supported by a NLM Postdoctoral Training Grant (T15LM007124). ClinGen is funded by the National Human Genome Research Institute
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Correspondence to:

Bret S.E. Heale, Ph.D.
421 Wakara Way #140
Salt Lake City
UT 84108

Publikationsverlauf

received: 13. April 2016

accepted: 25. Juli 2016

Publikationsdatum:
19. Dezember 2017 (online)

 

Summary

Background

The Clinical Genome Resource (ClinGen) Electronic Health Record (EHR) Workgroup aims to integrate ClinGen resources with EHRs. A promising option to enable this integration is through the Health Level Seven (HL7) Infobutton Standard. EHR systems that are certified according to the US Meaningful Use program provide HL7-compliant infobutton capabilities, which can be leveraged to support clinical decision-making in genomics.

Objectives

To integrate genomic knowledge resources using the HL7 infobutton standard. Two tactics to achieve this objective were: (1) creating an HL7-compliant search interface for ClinGen, and (2) proposing guidance for genomic resources on achieving HL7 Infobutton standard accessibility and compliance.

Methods

We built a search interface utilizing OpenInfobutton, an open source reference implementation of the HL7 Infobutton standard. ClinGen resources were assessed for readiness towards HL7 compliance. Finally, based upon our experiences we provide recommendations for publishers seeking to achieve HL7 compliance.

Results

Eight genomic resources and two sub-resources were integrated with the ClinGen search engine via OpenInfobutton and the HL7 infobutton standard. Resources we assessed have varying levels of readiness towards HL7-compliance. Furthermore, we found that adoption of standard terminologies used by EHR systems is the main gap to achieve compliance.

Conclusion

Genomic resources can be integrated with EHR systems via the HL7 Infobutton standard using OpenInfobutton. Full compliance of genomic resources with the Infobutton standard would further enhance interoperability with EHR systems.

Citation: Heale BSE, Overby CL, Del Fiol G, Rubinstein WS, Maglott DR, Nelson TH, Milosavljevic A, Martin CL, Goehringer SR, Freimuth RR, Williams MS. Integrating genomic resources with electronic health records using the HL7 Infobutton standard.


 


Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest in the research.


Correspondence to:

Bret S.E. Heale, Ph.D.
421 Wakara Way #140
Salt Lake City
UT 84108