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Healthcare Information Interoperability adsa
Term:
Fall
Department:
CSAIL: Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab
Faculty Supervisor:
Amar Gupta
Faculty email:
agupta@mit.edu
Apply by:
09/01/2020; earlier preferred; selections made on rolling basis
Contact:
Amar Gupta, agupta@mit.edu
Project Description
Please take a quick look at: https://nam.edu/procuring-interoperability-achieving-high-quality-connected-and-person-centered-care/ A 57 page paper has been written summarizing major efforts around the world and discussion of semantic and other aspects of interoperability across different medical information ecosystems of hospitals, drug manufacturing companies, pharmacies, medical IoT devices, and others in an environment where organizations take deliberate steps to hinder patients’ access to their respective medical records. Aspects of this growing problem are highlighted at: https://fortune.com/longform/medical-records/ and http://news.mit.edu/2018/removing-health-care-barriers-and-boundaries-amar-gupta-telemedicine-0522 The work involves enhancement of this manuscript and provides an opportunity to be co-author of a paper in a leading journal or to be cited in it.
Pre-requisites
Seniors and juniors with very good writing skills and some familiarity with healthcare and/or interoperability preferred. This project is specially suited to students planning to start a venture in digital healthcare arena.