Aly Khalifa1, Clinton C Mason2, Jennifer Hornung Garvin1,3,4, Marc S Williams5, Guilherme Del Fiol1, Brian R Jackson1,6, Steven B Bleyl2,7, Gil Alterovitz8,9, Stanley M Huff1,10. 1. Department of Biomedical Informatics, School of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. 2. Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. 3. Health Information Management and Systems Division, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA. 4. VA Healthcare System, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. 5. Genomic Medicine Institute, Geisinger, Danville, Pennsylvania, USA. 6. ARUP Laboratories, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. 7. Genome Medical Services, San Francisco, California, USA. 8. Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. 9. Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Research and Development, Washington, District of Columbia, USA. 10. Department of Biomedical Informatics, Intermountain Healthcare, Murray, Utah, USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: In many cases, genetic testing labs provide their test reports as portable document format files or scanned images, which limits the availability of the contained information to advanced informatics solutions, such as automated clinical decision support systems. One of the promising standards that aims to address this limitation is Health Level Seven International (HL7) Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources Clinical Genomics Implementation Guide-Release 1 (FHIR CG IG STU1). This study aims to identify various data content of some genetic lab test reports and map them to FHIR CG IG specification to assess its coverage and to provide some suggestions for standard development and implementation. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We analyzed sample reports of 4 genetic tests and relevant professional reporting guidelines to identify their key data elements (KDEs) that were then mapped to FHIR CG IG. RESULTS: We identified 36 common KDEs among the analyzed genetic test reports, in addition to other unique KDEs for each genetic test. Relevant suggestions were made to guide the standard implementation and development. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: The FHIR CG IG covers the majority of the identified KDEs. However, we suggested some FHIR extensions that might better represent some KDEs. These extensions may be relevant to FHIR implementations or future FHIR updates.The FHIR CG IG is an excellent step toward the interoperability of genetic lab test reports. However, it is a work-in-progress that needs informative and continuous input from the clinical genetics' community, specifically professional organizations, systems implementers, and genetic knowledgebase providers.
OBJECTIVE: In many cases, genetic testing labs provide their test reports as portable document format files or scanned images, which limits the availability of the contained information to advanced informatics solutions, such as automated clinical decision support systems. One of the promising standards that aims to address this limitation is Health Level Seven International (HL7) Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources Clinical Genomics Implementation Guide-Release 1 (FHIR CG IG STU1). This study aims to identify various data content of some genetic lab test reports and map them to FHIR CG IG specification to assess its coverage and to provide some suggestions for standard development and implementation. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We analyzed sample reports of 4 genetic tests and relevant professional reporting guidelines to identify their key data elements (KDEs) that were then mapped to FHIR CG IG. RESULTS: We identified 36 common KDEs among the analyzed genetic test reports, in addition to other unique KDEs for each genetic test. Relevant suggestions were made to guide the standard implementation and development. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: The FHIR CG IG covers the majority of the identified KDEs. However, we suggested some FHIR extensions that might better represent some KDEs. These extensions may be relevant to FHIR implementations or future FHIR updates.The FHIR CG IG is an excellent step toward the interoperability of genetic lab test reports. However, it is a work-in-progress that needs informative and continuous input from the clinical genetics' community, specifically professional organizations, systems implementers, and genetic knowledgebase providers.
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