Introducing the Database Schema Handling FHIR Data in the INTERPOLAR Project

Stud Health Technol Inform. 2025 May 15:327:767-768. doi: 10.3233/SHTI250459.

Abstract

The INTERPOLAR project of the German Medical Informatics Initiative investigates medication related problems. A relational database as part of a core data set tool chain was designed to process patient data from routine care represented as FHIR resources. Having the patient data available via SQL makes it easy to perform analyses, reports and connect to existing electronic data capture systems to get feedback from clinical users, like pharmacists.

Keywords: Core Data Set; Data Sharing; Database Schema; Database Structure; HL7 FHIR; Medical Data Science; Medical Informatics; Medical Informatics Initiative.

MeSH terms

  • Database Management Systems* / organization & administration
  • Databases, Factual*
  • Electronic Health Records* / organization & administration
  • Germany
  • Humans
  • Information Storage and Retrieval* / methods