An Evaluation of the suitability of NoSQL databases for distributed EHR systems
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Paper/Presentation Title | An Evaluation of the suitability of NoSQL databases for distributed EHR systems |
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Evaluation of NoSQL databases for EHR systems | |
Presentation Type | Paper |
Authors | Ercan, Mehmet Zahid (Author) and Lane, Michael (Author) |
Editors | Tan, Felix and Bunker, Deborah |
Journal or Proceedings Title | Proceedings of the 25th Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS 2014) |
Number of Pages | 10 |
Year | 2014 |
Place of Publication | New Zealand |
ISBN | 9781927184264 |
Web Address (URL) of Paper | https://hdl.handle.net/10292/8134 |
Web Address (URL) of Conference Proceedings | https://hdl.handle.net/10292/7977 |
Conference/Event | 25th Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS 2014) |
Event Details | Rank A A A A A A A |
Event Details | 25th Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS 2014) Parent Australasian Conference on Information Systems (ACIS) Delivery In person Event Date 08 to end of 10 Dec 2014 Event Location Auckland, New Zealand |
Abstract | Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems offer significant benefits for healthcare. The improved availability of healthcare information from multiple locations contributes to the accuracy and timeliness of care, and should lead to overall improved quality of healthcare delivery. Practical experience and relevant research demonstrate that there are many technological issues that need to be addressed for modern healthcare systems to be effective in sharing EHRs as the structure and size of the healthcare data have changed considerably over time. Recent literature shows that the emerging NoSQL databases have significant advantages such as easy and automatic scaling, better performance and high availability which address the limitations of relational databases in distributed healthcare systems. In this paper we reviewed EHRs and the key features of NoSQL databases. We then evaluated the suitability of NoSQL databases in meeting the requirements of national EHR systems in sharing EHRs in a distributed system environment. |
Keywords | NoSQL databases, Electronic Health Record (EHR), healthcare systems, relational databases, distributed systems, ACID, CAP theorem, BASE |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 460699. Distributed computing and systems software not elsewhere classified |
460599. Data management and data science not elsewhere classified | |
420399. Health services and systems not elsewhere classified | |
Public Notes | COPYRIGHT |
Byline Affiliations | Faculty of Business, Education, Law and Arts |
School of Management and Enterprise | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q2v0y/an-evaluation-of-the-suitability-of-nosql-databases-for-distributed-ehr-systems
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