An Interactive Visualization Tool for HL7 FHIR Specification Browsing and Profiling

Na Hong; Kui Wang; Sizhu Wu; Feichen Shen; Lixia Yao; Guoqian Jiang

doi:10.1007/s41666-018-0043-8

An Interactive Visualization Tool for HL7 FHIR Specification Browsing and Profiling

Na Hong, Kui Wang, Sizhu Wu, Feichen Shen, Lixia Yao, Guoqian Jiang

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The rich semantic representation and sophisticated structure definition of the HL7 Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) specification require relatively great efforts to understand and utilize. The objective of our study is to design, develop, and evaluate an open-source and user-friendly visualization interface for exploring the FHIR specification. We prototyped an interactive visualization tool for navigating and manipulating the FHIR core resources, profiles, and extensions. The utility of the tool was evaluated using evaluation metrics mainly focusing on its interactive mechanism and content expressiveness. We demonstrated that the visualization techniques are helpful for navigating the HL7 FHIR specification and aiding its profiling.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	329-344
Number of pages	16
Journal	Journal of Healthcare Informatics Research
Volume	3
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s41666-018-0043-8
State	Published - Sep 15 2019

Keywords

Clinical data model
HL7 FHIR
Interactive browsing
Model profiling
Visualization

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Information Systems
Health Informatics
Computer Science Applications
Artificial Intelligence

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