Enterprise Architecture Approach to Unified Healthcare Data Ecosystems
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TOGAF, data governance, digital transformation, healthcare systems integration, enterprise architecture, interoperability, electronic health records, regulatory compliance, healthcare IT, Architecture Development Method (ADM).Abstract
TOGAF data management, interoperability, and alignment could benefit extensive healthcare systems. The integration of complex systems across platforms, departments, and locations poses issues for healthcare organizations. EHRs, telemedicine, and HIEs require a framework to manage complexity, safeguard data, and adhere to regulations. The widely utilized business architectural framework, TOGAF, organizes management, planning, execution, and information structure design. TOGAF's iterative Architecture Development Method accelerates the large-scale systems integration of healthcare organizations by evaluating business objectives, stakeholder expectations, and technical constraints.
The study applies TOGAF's modularity, scalability, and service orientation to healthcare. The framework streamlines communication inside healthcare networks to enhance interoperability. We assess the healthcare data governance of ToGAF, encompassing HIPAA/GDPR compliance and the security of patient data. TOGAF's governance framework enables organizations to securely disseminate healthcare data by adhering to stringent data security protocols.
The article focuses on TOGAF within the healthcare sector. Extensive research by major healthcare providers and integrated delivery networks indicates that ToGAF may reduce system inefficiencies, redundancies, and integration bottlenecks. These case studies demonstrate how aligning IT with corporate objectives can enhance healthcare. TOGAF develops digital healthcare solutions utilizing IoMT, big data, and artificial intelligence. These instruments enhance patient outcomes, optimize resource allocation, and refine predictive analytics. Technology is integrated into architecture to enhance organizational responsiveness and agility.
The disparity between business and IT leads to the failure of large-scale projects in the integration of healthcare systems. TOGAF has the potential to mitigate risk. TOGAF provides a framework for system design and deployment to ensure alignment of objectives among physicians, administrators, and IT professionals. The adoption of the new system and the smooth functioning of clinical operations necessitate this alignment. We assess the adaptability of TOGAF in technology and healthcare sectors. Healthcare benefits from the adaptability of modules since regulations, technology, and patient care methodologies frequently shift.
The study concluded that the integration of TOGAF in healthcare systems is challenging due to stakeholder resistance, the necessity for specialized expertise, and the complexities involved in reconciling existing systems with new frameworks. TOGAF integrates healthcare systems through interoperability, data management, and regulatory compliance, but within a limited scope. The project enhances extensive TOGAF system integration and healthcare enterprise architecture.
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