Assessing the use of HL7 FHIR for implementing the FAIR guiding principles: A case study of the MIMIC-IV emergency department module

Objective To assess the use of Health Level Seven Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR®) for implementing the Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable guiding principles for scientific data (FAIR). Additionally, present a list of FAIR implementation choices for supporting future FAIR implementations that use FHIR. Material and Methods A case study was conducted on the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care-IV Emergency Department dataset (MIMIC-ED), a deidentified clinical dataset converted into FHIR. The FAIRness of this dataset was assessed using a set of common FAIR assessment indicators. Results The FHIR distribution of MIMIC-ED, comprising an implementation guide and demo data, was more FAIR compared to the non-FHIR distribution. The FAIRness score increased from 60 to 82 out of 95 points, a relative improvement of 37%. The most notable improvements were observed in interoperability, with a score increase from 5 to 19 out of 19 points, and reusability, wit..., The authors of the paper collected the dataset. , Microsoft Word (.docx files) or Microsoft Excel (.csv files) (Open-source alternatives: LibreOffice, OpenOffice) The data files (.csv) can also be opened using any text editor, R, etc., # FAIR Indicator Scores and Qualitative Comments This dataset belongs as supplementary material to the paper entitled \"Assessing the Use of HL7 FHIR for Implementing the FAIR Guiding Principles: A Case Study of the MIMIC-IV Emergency Department Module\". ## Description of the data and file structure This dataset describes the indicator scores and qualitative comments of the FAIR data assessment of the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care (MIMIC)-IV Emergency Department Module. Two distributions of the Emergency Department module were assessed, the PhysioNet distribution and the Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) distribution. This dataset consists of two files: (1) PhysioNet.csv containing the data of the PhysioNet distribution; and (2) FHIR.csv containing the data of the FHIR distribution. Both files share the same structure and fields. * Indicator ID: an ID corresponding to the IDs listed in Table 1 of the paper, which refer to a Research Data Alliance FAIR ...