Validation of an Intensive Care Unit Data Mart for Research and Quality Improvement
- 14 October 2022
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Journal of Medical Systems
- Vol. 46 (11), 1-5
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10916-022-01873-5
Abstract
Data derived from the electronic health record (EHR) is frequently extracted using undefined approaches that may affect the accuracy of collected variables. Further, efforts to assess data accuracy often suffer from limited collaboration between clinicians and data analysts who perform the extraction. In this manuscript, we describe the methodology behind creation of a structured, rigorously derived intensive care unit (ICU) data mart based on data automatically and routinely derived from the EHR. This ICU data mart includes high-quality data elements commonly used for quality improvement and research purposes. These data elements were identified by physicians working closely with data analysts to iteratively develop and refine algorithmic definitions for complex outcomes and risk factors. We contend that this methodology can be reproduced and applied across other institution or to other clinical domains to create high quality data marts, inclusive of complex outcomes data.Keywords
Funding Information
- National Institute on Aging (R01AG053582)
- Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research (MRTG-Boncyk)
- Society of Academic Associations of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, United States
- National Institutes of Health (K23HL148640)
- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (UL1TR002243)
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