Physical Sciences Division
Published November 7, 2023 | Version v1
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Sociome Data Commons: A scalable and sustainable platform for investigating the full social context and determinants of health

Creators

  • 1. University of Chicago
  • 2. NorthShore University Health System
  • 3. Wake Forest University
  • 4. Rush University Medical Center
  • 5. University of Illinois at Chicago
  • 6. Argonne National Laboratory

Description

Background/Objective: Non-clinical aspects of life, such as social, environmental, behavioral, psychological, and economic factors, what we call the sociome, play significant roles in shaping patient health and health outcomes. This paper introduces the Sociome Data Commons (SDC), a new research platform that enables large-scale data analysis for investigating such factors.

Methods: This platform focuses on "hyper-local" data, i.e., at the neighborhood or point level, a geospatial scale of data not adequately considered in existing tools and projects. We enumerate key insights gained regarding data quality standards, data governance, and organizational structure for long-term project sustainability. A pilot use case investigating sociome factors associated with asthma exacerbations in children residing on the South Side of Chicago used machine learning and six SDC datasets.

Results: The pilot use case reveals one dominant spatial cluster for asthma exacerbations and important roles of housing conditions and cost, proximity to Superfund pollution sites, urban flooding, violent crime, lack of insurance, and a poverty index.

Conclusion: The SDC has been purposefully designed to support and encourage extension of the platform into new data sets as well as the continued development, refinement, and adoption of standards for dataset quality, dataset inclusion, metadata annotation, and data access/governance. The asthma pilot has served as the first driver use case and demonstrates promise for future investigation into the sociome and clinical outcomes. Additional projects will be selected, in part for their ability to exercise and grow the capacity of the SDC to meet its ambitious goals.

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1017/cts.2023.670
Other
oai:uchicago.tind.io:10258

Funding

National Institutes of Health
UL1TR002389-07

UChicago Information

Division(s)
Biological Sciences Division, Physical Sciences Division, Pritzker School of Medicine
Department(s)
Computer Science, Medicine, Pediatrics