Accepted for/Published in: JMIR Medical Informatics
Date Submitted: Apr 10, 2020
Date Accepted: Sep 15, 2020
Data object exchange (DOEx): A method to facilitate intra-organizational collaboration by managed data sharing
ABSTRACT
Background:
To reduce expenses, shorten timelines, and improve the quality of final deliverables, informatics groups within a healthcare system benefit from methods that facilitate intra-organizational collaboration.
Objective:
We sought to develop a method to facilitate intra-organizational collaboration.
Methods:
The Data Object Exchange (DOEx) facilitates the sharing of database objects (e.g., database tables) between informatics user groups. The centrally-managed web application allows user groups (“subscribers”) to browse and request access to content released by other user groups (“publishers”).
Results:
DOEx currently handles over 10,000 permission requests each year, which enables the publication of 707 database objects to 1,202 subscribers. Data commonly shared data between informatics user groups includes disease-specific study populations, common data definitions, and complex analyses (e.g., models of anticipated resource utilization).
Conclusions:
DOEx, perhaps the first system of its kind, facilitates collaboration among informatics user groups. DOEx reduces redundant work by allowing users to leverage available expertise to achieve their objectives. This reduces costs and shortens the time required to produce deliverables.
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