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ArticleApplied clinical informatics2018

The Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network Registry: A Multicenter Electronic Health Record Registry of Pediatric Emergency Care.

Sara J Deakyne Davies, Robert W Grundmeier, Diego A Campos, Katie L Hayes, Jamie Bell, Evaline A Alessandrini, Lalit Bajaj, James M Chamberlain, Marc H Gorelick, Rene Enriquez and 6 more

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Article in Applied clinical informatics, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

32 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors.

Sara J Deakyne DaviesDepartment of Research Informatics, Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, United States.
Robert W GrundmeierDepartment of Pediatrics and Department of Biomedical and Health Informatics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Diego A CamposDepartment of Biomedical and Health Informatics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Katie L HayesDepartment of Pediatrics, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia, United States.
Jamie BellDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.
Evaline A AlessandriniDepartment of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States.
Lalit BajajDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Colorado and Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, United States.
James M ChamberlainDepartment of Pediatrics, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia, United States.
Marc H GorelickDepartment of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin and Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Wisconsin, United States.
Rene EnriquezDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.
T Charles CasperDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.
Beth ScheidDepartment of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States.
Marlena KittickDepartment of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
J Michael DeanDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.
Elizabeth R AlpernDepartment of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network

Funding

Improving the Quality of Pediatric Emergency Care Using an Electronic Medical RecR01HS020270 · AHRQ · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI ALPERN, ELIZABETH RACHEL · 2011 to 2015
$2.3M
AHRQ HHS R01 HS020270
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundElectronic health record (EHR)-based registries allow for robust data to be derived directly from the patient clinical record and can provide important information about processes of care delivery and patient health outcomes.

methodsA data dictionary, and subsequent data model, were developed describing EHR data sources to include all processes of care within the emergency department (ED). ED visit data were deidentified and XML files were created and submitted to a central data coordinating center for inclusion in the registry. Automated data quality control occurred prior to submission through an application created for this project. Data quality reports were created for manual data quality review.

resultsThe Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN) Registry, representing four hospital systems and seven EDs, demonstrates that ED data from disparate health systems and EHR vendors can be harmonized for use in a single registry with a common data model. The current PECARN Registry represents data from 2,019,461 pediatric ED visits, 894,503 distinct patients, more than 12.5 million narrative reports, and 12,469,754 laboratory tests and continues to accrue data monthly.

conclusionThe Registry is a robust harmonized clinical registry that includes data from diverse patients, sites, and EHR vendors derived via data extraction, deidentification, and secure submission to a central data coordinating center. The data provided may be used for benchmarking, clinical quality improvement, and comparative effectiveness research.

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Electronic Health RecordsRegistriesChildChild, PreschoolEmergency Medical ServicesFemaleHumansMaleQuality Control

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PMID29791930
PMCPMC5966304

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