Open AccessStructured Data Acquisition in Oncology
Author(s) -
Maurice Henkel,
Bram Stieltjes
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
oncology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.987
H-Index - 98
eISSN - 1423-0232
pISSN - 0030-2414
DOI - 10.1159/000504259
Subject(s) - medicine , health care , oncology , economics , economic growth
Demographic changes and improvement in therapy have shifted the focus of treatment towards chronic diseases and multiple health conditions. This has caused a tremendous increase in data per patient that needs to be integrated longitudinally and across departmental silos. The general increase in the volume of data per diagnostic examination and the number of diagnostic procedures per diagnostic pathway additionally accentuate this data integration challenge.