Mapping the source data to graph
When we want to load the data into a graph using Cypher, we need to first map the data to the graph. When we first start mapping the data to the graph, it need not be the final data model. As we understand more and more about the data context and questions, we want to ensure the graph data model can evolve along with it.
In this section, we will work with the Synthea synthetic patient dataset. This site, Synthea – Synthetic Patient Generation (synthetichealth.github.io/synthea), provides the outlay of it. This website describes Synthea data like this:
“Synthea™ is an open-source, synthetic patient generator that models the medical history of synthetic patients. Our mission is to provide high-quality, synthetic, realistic but not real, patient data and associated health records covering every aspect of healthcare. The resulting data is free from cost, privacy, and security restrictions, enabling research with Health IT data...
