Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2022

DOI

10.4018/JGIM.305239

Publication Title

Journal of Global Information Management

Volume

30

Issue

11

Pages

39 (1-19)

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has heightened the necessity for pervasive data and system interoperability to manage healthcare information and knowledge. There is an urgent need to better understand the role of interoperability in improving the societal responses to the pandemic. This paper explores data and system interoperability, a very specific area that could contribute to fighting COVID-19. Specifically, the authors propose a unified health information system framework to connect data, systems, and devices to increase interoperability and manage healthcare information and knowledge. A blockchain-based solution is also provided as a recommendation for improving the data and system interoperability in healthcare.

Rights

This article published as an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and production in any medium, provided the author of the original work and original publication source are properly credited.

ORCID

0000-0002-8789-0610 (Shetty)

Original Publication Citation

He, W., Zhang, J. Z., Wu, H., Li, W., & Shetty, S. (2022). A unified health information system framework for connecting data, people, devices, and systems. Journal of Global Information Management, 30(11), 1-19, Article 39. https://doi.org/10.4018/JGIM.305239

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