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Wulff A, Biermann P, von Landesberger T, Baumgartl T, Schmidt C, Alhaji AY, Schick K, Waldstein P, Zhu Y, Krefting D, Scheithauer S, Marschollek M. Tracing COVID-19 Infection Chains Within Healthcare Institutions - Another Brick in the Wall Against SARS-CoV-2. Stud Health Technol Inform 2022; 290:699-703. [PMID: 35673107 DOI: 10.3233/shti220168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
Early anticipation of COVID-19 infection chains within hospitals is of high importance for initiating suitable measures at the right time. Infection control specialists can be supported by application systems able of consolidating and analyzing heterogeneous, up-to-now non-standardized and distributed data needed for tracking COVID-19 infections and infected patients' hospital contacts. We developed a system, Co-Surv-SmICS, assisting in infection chain detection, in an open and standards-based way to ensure reusability of the system across institutions. Data is modelled in alignment to various national modelling initiatives and consensus data definitions, queried in a standardized way by the use of OpenEHR as information modelling standard and its associated model-based query language, analyzed and interactively visualized in the application. A first version has been published and will be enhanced with further features and evaluated in detail with regard to its potentials to support specialists during their work against SARS-CoV-2.
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Affiliation(s)
- Antje Wulff
- Peter L. Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics of TU Braunschweig and Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Peter L. Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics of TU Braunschweig and Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Peter L. Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics of TU Braunschweig and Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
- University of Rostock, Rostock
| | - Kristina Schick
- Peter L. Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics of TU Braunschweig and Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
| | - Paul Waldstein
- Peter L. Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics of TU Braunschweig and Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
- Institute of Medical Informatics, University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG), Georg-August University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Informatics, University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG), Georg-August University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
| | - Dagmar Krefting
- Institute of Medical Informatics, University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG), Georg-August University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
| | - Simone Scheithauer
- Institute of Infection Control and Infectious Diseases, University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG), Georg-August University Göttingen, Germany
| | - Michael Marschollek
- Peter L. Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics of TU Braunschweig and Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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