Turki, HoucemeddineRasberry, LaneTaieb, Mohamed Ali HadjMietchen, DanielBen Aouicha, MohamedPouris, AnastassiosBousrih, Yamen2023-05-172022-12Turki, H., Rasberry, L., Hadj Taieb, M.A. et al. 2022, 'Letter to the Editor: FHIR RDF - Why the world needs structured electronic health records', Journal of Biomedical Informatics, vol. 136, art. 104253, pp. 1-2, doi : 10.1016/j.jbi.2022.104253.1532-046410.1016/j.jbi.2022.104253http://hdl.handle.net/2263/90711This comment discusses the benefits of representing and reusing the information in Electronic Health Record databases as knowledge graphs in the RDF format based on the FHIR RDF specification. As a structured representation of clinical data, FHIR RDF-based electronic health records allow a simpler and more effective integration of biomedical information using semantic alignment, queries, interoperability, and federation to provide better support for health practice and research.en© 2022 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Notice : this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Journal of Biomedical Informatics. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. A definitive version was subsequently published in Journal of Biomedical Informatics, vol. , no. , pp. , 2022. doi : 10.1016/j.jbi.2022.104253.Electronic health recordsResource description framework (RDF)Fast health interoperability resources (FHIR)Semantic EHRStructured EHRClinical data integrationData reusePostprint Article