Ontology for Data Quality and Chronic Disease Management: A Literature Review

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Author(s): Alireza Rahimi (University of New South Wales, Australia & Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Iran), Siaw-Teng Liaw (University of New South Wales, Australia), Pradeep Kumar Ray (University of New South Wales, Australia), Jane Taggart (University of New South Wales, Australia)and Hairong Yu (University of New South Wales, Australia)
Copyright: 2015
Pages: 29
Source title: Healthcare Informatics and Analytics: Emerging Issues and Trends
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Madjid Tavana (La Salle University, USA), Amir Hossein Ghapanchi (Griffith University, Australia)and Amir Talaei-Khoei (University of Technology, Sydney, Australia)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-6316-9.ch016

Keywords: Health Information Systems / Medical Information Science Reference / Medicine & Healthcare

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Abstract

Improved Data Quality (DQ) can improve the quality of decisions and lead to better policy in health organizations. Ontologies can support automated tools to assess DQ. This chapter examines ontology-based approaches to conceptualization and specification of DQ based on “fitness for purpose” within the health context. English language studies that addressed DQ, fitness for purpose, ontology-based approaches, and implementations were included. The authors screened 315 papers; excluded 36 duplicates, 182 on abstract review, and 46 on full-text review; leaving 52 papers. These were appraised with a realist “context-mechanism-impacts/outcomes” template. The authors found a lack of consensus frameworks or definitions for DQ and comprehensive ontological approaches to DQ or fitness for purpose. The majority of papers described the processes of the development of DQ tools. Some assessed the impact of implementing ontology-based specifications for DQ. There were few evaluative studies of the performance of DQ assessment tools developed; none compared ontological with non-ontological approaches.

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