Creation of a Multicenter Pediatric Inpatient Data Repository Derived from Electronic Health Records.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Integration of electronic health records (EHRs) data across sites and access to that data remain limited.

Objective

We developed an EHR-based pediatric inpatient repository using nine U.S. centers from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Pediatric Trials Network.

Methods

A data model encompassing 147 mandatory and 99 optional elements was developed to provide an EHR data extract of all inpatient encounters from patients <17 years of age discharged between January 6, 2013 and June 30, 2017. Sites received instructions on extractions, transformation, testing, and transmission to the coordinating center.

Results

We generated 177 staging reports to process all nine sites' 147 mandatory and 99 optional data elements to the reposit

SUBMITTER: Hornik CP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6506334 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature