Implementing FAIR Principles in Health Terminology Servers: The HeTOP Case Study Hosting ODH-UT

• Published in: Studies in health technology and informatics Vol. 327; p. 1190
• Main Authors: Benis, Arriel, Grosjean, Julien, Eyer, Kevin, Disson, Flavien, Darmoni, Stéfan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands 15.05.2025
• Subjects: Electronic Health Records - standards; Humans; Terminology as Topic; Unified Medical Language System; Vocabulary, Controlled; One Digital Health; Terminology server; Controlled vocabulary; FAIR; Digital Health; Clinical Datawarehouse; Languages; Semantic interoperability; eHealth; Electronic Health Record; One Health
• ISSN: 1879-8365
• DOI: 10.3233/SHTI250578

The compliance of health terminology servers with the FAIR principles is crucial for establishing an interoperable digital health ecosystem that facilitates health data exchange. These servers must maintain high-quality standards while providing persistent, multilingual, and cross-lingual management of health terminologies. Implementing the FAIR principles is vital for creating consistent connections within One Digital Health, leading to better global healthcare outcomes and decision support systems by supporting international collaboration and facilitating interactions between all the actors involved in health data usage. Thus, this paper focuses on aligning the Health Terminology/Ontology Portal (HeTOP) with the FAIR principles, hosting the One Digital Health - Unified Terminology (ODH-UT).