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Standardising clinical data elements

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Nahm, M; Walden, A; McCourt, B; Pieper, K; Honeycutt, E; Hamilton, CD; Harrington, RA; Diefenbach, J; Kisler, B; Walker, M; Ed Hammond, W
Published in: International Journal of Functional Informatics and Personalised Medicine
January 1, 2010

We report the development and implementation of a methodology for standardising clinical data elements. The methodology, piloted using Tuberculosis (TB) and Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS) domains, relies on clinicians for natural language definitions and on informaticists for computable specifications. Data elements are represented using the ISO 11179 standard, UML class, and activity diagrams. Over 2000 candidate data elements were compiled for each domain. Initial sets of 21 data elements for ACS and 139 for TB, plus 300 valid values, were standardised and made publicly available. The methodology is now used in HL7 for data element definition in other clinical areas. Copyright © 2010 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.

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International Journal of Functional Informatics and Personalised Medicine

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EISSN

1756-2112

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1756-2104

Publication Date

January 1, 2010

Volume

3

Issue

4

Start / End Page

314 / 341

Related Subject Headings

  • 4601 Applied computing
  • 3206 Medical biotechnology
  • 1199 Other Medical and Health Sciences
  • 0899 Other Information and Computing Sciences
  • 0801 Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing
 

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Nahm, M., Walden, A., McCourt, B., Pieper, K., Honeycutt, E., Hamilton, C. D., … Ed Hammond, W. (2010). Standardising clinical data elements. International Journal of Functional Informatics and Personalised Medicine, 3(4), 314–341. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJFIPM.2010.040213
Nahm, M., A. Walden, B. McCourt, K. Pieper, E. Honeycutt, C. D. Hamilton, R. A. Harrington, et al. “Standardising clinical data elements.” International Journal of Functional Informatics and Personalised Medicine 3, no. 4 (January 1, 2010): 314–41. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJFIPM.2010.040213.
Nahm M, Walden A, McCourt B, Pieper K, Honeycutt E, Hamilton CD, et al. Standardising clinical data elements. International Journal of Functional Informatics and Personalised Medicine. 2010 Jan 1;3(4):314–41.
Nahm, M., et al. “Standardising clinical data elements.” International Journal of Functional Informatics and Personalised Medicine, vol. 3, no. 4, Jan. 2010, pp. 314–41. Scopus, doi:10.1504/IJFIPM.2010.040213.
Nahm M, Walden A, McCourt B, Pieper K, Honeycutt E, Hamilton CD, Harrington RA, Diefenbach J, Kisler B, Walker M, Ed Hammond W. Standardising clinical data elements. International Journal of Functional Informatics and Personalised Medicine. 2010 Jan 1;3(4):314–341.

Published In

International Journal of Functional Informatics and Personalised Medicine

DOI

EISSN

1756-2112

ISSN

1756-2104

Publication Date

January 1, 2010

Volume

3

Issue

4

Start / End Page

314 / 341

Related Subject Headings

  • 4601 Applied computing
  • 3206 Medical biotechnology
  • 1199 Other Medical and Health Sciences
  • 0899 Other Information and Computing Sciences
  • 0801 Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing