title: Modeling Flowsheet Data for Clinical Research.
abstract: Health care data included in clinical data repositories (CDRs) are increasingly used for quality reporting, business analytics and research; however, extended clinical data from interprofessional practice are seldom included. With the increasing emphasis on care coordination across settings, CDRs need to include data from all clinicians and be harmonized to understand the impact of their collaborative efforts on patient safety, effectiveness and efficiency. This study characterizes the extended clinical data derived from EHR flowsheet data that is available in the University of Minnesota's CDR and describes a process for creating an ontology that organizes that data so that it is more useful and accessible to researchers. The process is illustrated using a pressure ulcer ontology and compares ease of finding concepts in i2b2 for different data organization approaches. The challenges of the manual process and difficulties combining similar concepts are discussed.
authors: University of Minnesota, Institute for Health Informatics.
authors: Steven G
authors: SG
authors: Johnson
authors: St. Catherine University, School of Nursing.
authors: Matthew D
authors: MD
authors: Byrne
authors: Fairview Health Services.
authors: Beverly
authors: B
authors: Christie
authors: University of Minnesota, Institute for Health Informatics ; University of Minnesota, School of Nursing.
authors: Connie W
authors: CW
authors: Delaney
authors: Fairview Health Services.
authors: Anne
authors: A
authors: LaFlamme
authors: University of Minnesota, School of Nursing.
authors: Jung In
authors: JI
authors: Park
authors: University of Minnesota, School of Nursing.
authors: Lisiane
authors: L
authors: Pruinelli
authors: Fairview Health Services.
authors: Suzan G
authors: SG
authors: Sherman
authors: University of Minnesota, Institute for Health Informatics.
authors: Stuart
authors: S
authors: Speedie
authors: University of Minnesota, Institute for Health Informatics ; University of Minnesota, School of Nursing.
authors: Bonnie L
authors: BL
authors: Westra