Overcoming Major Barriers to Build Efficient Decision Support Systems in Pharmacovigilance

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Abstract

Many decision support methods and systems in pharmacovigilance are built without explicitly addressing specific challenges that jeopardize their eventual success. We describe two sets of challenges and appropriate strategies to address them. The first are data-related challenges, which include using extensive multi-source data of poor quality, incomplete information integration, and inefficient data visualization. The second are user-related challenges, which encompass users' overall expectations and their engagement in developing automated solutions. Pharmacovigilance decision support systems will need to rely on advanced methods, such as natural language processing and validated mathematical models, to resolve data-related issues and provide properly contextualized data. However, sophisticated approaches will not provide a complete solution if end-users do not actively participate in their development, which will ensure tools that efficiently complement existing processes without creating unnecessary resistance. Our group has already tackled these issues and applied the proposed strategies in multiple projects.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationAdvances in Informatics, Management and Technology in Healthcare
EditorsJohn Mantas, Parisis Gallos, Emmanouil Zoulias, Arie Hasman, Mowafa S. Househ, Marianna Diomidous, Joseph Liaskos, Martha Charalampidou
PublisherIOS Press BV
Pages398-401
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781643682907
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022
Externally publishedYes

Publication series

NameStudies in Health Technology and Informatics
Volume295
ISSN (Print)0926-9630
ISSN (Electronic)1879-8365

Keywords

  • Decision Support Systems
  • Pharmacovigilance
  • Post-market Data

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Health Informatics
  • Health Information Management

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