Towards medhub: A Self-Service Platform for Analysts and Physicians

TL;DR

This paper introduces MedHub, a self-service platform designed to facilitate analysts and physicians in integrating clinical and omics data, emphasizing user-centered design and technical development for improved biomarker discovery.

Contribution

It presents the initial phase of a collaborative project developing a user-centered platform for interdisciplinary biomarker identification using clinical and omics data.

Findings

Development of technical artifacts for data integration

User-centered design approach with challenges identified

Framework for evaluation and future integration of visualization research

Abstract

Combining clinical and omics data can improve both daily clinical routines and research to gain more insights into complex medical procedures. We present the results of our first phase in a multi-year collaboration with analysts and physicians aiming at improved inter-disciplinary biomarker identification. We also outline our user-centered approach along its challenges, describe the intermediate technical artifacts that serve as a basis for summative and formative evaluation for the second project phase. Finally, we sketch the road ahead and how we intend to combine visualization research with user-centered design through problem-based prioritization.