Betsy L. Humphreys Betsy L. Humphreys http:// http://www.nlm.nih.gov ~ ~ http://phpartners.org http://phpartners.org National Library of Medicine National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health National Institutes of Health U.S. Department of Health and Human Services U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Public Health Data Standards: Partner Public Health Data Standards: Partner Perspectives Perspectives Federal, State, and Local Agencies Federal, State, and Local Agencies
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Betsy L. HumphreysBetsy L. Humphreyshttp://http://www.nlm.nih.gov ~ http://phpartners.org ~ http://phpartners.org
National Library of MedicineNational Library of MedicineNational Institutes of HealthNational Institutes of Health
U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesU.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Public Health Data Standards: Partner PerspectivesPublic Health Data Standards: Partner PerspectivesFederal, State, and Local AgenciesFederal, State, and Local Agencies
Key AcronymsKey Acronyms HIPAAHIPAA - - Administrative Simplification section of Health Administrative Simplification section of Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 NCVHSNCVHS - - National Committee on Vital and Health National Committee on Vital and Health
Statistics, a long-standing (50+ years) advisory committee Statistics, a long-standing (50+ years) advisory committee to HHS, which was strengthened and expanded by HIPAAto HHS, which was strengthened and expanded by HIPAA
CHICHI - - Consolidated Health Informatics project, a cross-Consolidated Health Informatics project, a cross-agency eGov initiative led by HHS, DOD, and VAagency eGov initiative led by HHS, DOD, and VA
strength + dose form)strength + dose form) SNOMED CTSNOMED CT - - Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine
Clinical Terms - formed by SNOMED and Read merger Clinical Terms - formed by SNOMED and Read merger
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Data content standards include:Data content standards include: Data elementsData elements, , e.g., gender, presenting complainte.g., gender, presenting complaint
Descriptions of entitiesDescriptions of entities, , e.g., birth certificatee.g., birth certificate
Messages,Messages, e.g., lab test ordere.g., lab test order
Allowable values for data elementsAllowable values for data elements, , which can be which can be entire entire ** vocabulariesvocabularies
** MappingsMappings between different value sets, between different value sets, e.g., between e.g., between SNOMED and ICD-9-CMSNOMED and ICD-9-CM
Information modelsInformation models that define the context in which standards that define the context in which standards are usedare used
Survey questionsSurvey questions and any coded responses and any coded responses Guideline, protocol, and algorithm formatsGuideline, protocol, and algorithm formats
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Basic AssumptionsBasic Assumptions
Electronic health data standards - Electronic health data standards - including including standard vocabularystandard vocabulary - are part of the information - are part of the information infrastructure needed for efficient:infrastructure needed for efficient: health care, clinical research, health services research, health care, clinical research, health services research,
public health, and emergency detection and responsepublic health, and emergency detection and response All of these should use common data standards to All of these should use common data standards to
the extent possiblethe extent possible Public health requirements must be fed into the Public health requirements must be fed into the
standards development processstandards development process Public health must participate in testing and Public health must participate in testing and
promoting the use of standardspromoting the use of standards
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Recommended steps to achieving U.S. Recommended steps to achieving U.S. health data standards (1990-2003)health data standards (1990-2003)
Establish a mechanism for designating U.S. Establish a mechanism for designating U.S. Standards - Standards - HIPAA, NCVHS, CHIHIPAA, NCVHS, CHI
Pick best available as starting point - Pick best available as starting point - NCVHS, CHINCVHS, CHI
Broaden participation in standards developmentBroaden participation in standards development
**Support development, maintenance, and low/no Support development, maintenance, and low/no cost distributioncost distribution
Promote use and improvementPromote use and improvement Coordinate development of selected standards to Coordinate development of selected standards to
achieve non-overlapping, interlocking setachieve non-overlapping, interlocking set
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Support development, maintenance, and Support development, maintenance, and low/no cost distribution – low/no cost distribution – NLM-led actionsNLM-led actions
20022002 – RxNorm (clinical drugs) - direct – RxNorm (clinical drugs) - direct developmentdevelopment
20032003 – SNOMED CT contract & license for – SNOMED CT contract & license for U.S-wide use U.S-wide use (as distributed by NLM in (as distributed by NLM in UMLS)UMLS)
Accelerate adoption and use of standardsAccelerate adoption and use of standards Early adoption/feedback by Federal agencies, trading Early adoption/feedback by Federal agencies, trading
partners, grantees and contractorspartners, grantees and contractors Labeling data at the source Labeling data at the source Demonstration projects, cost-benefit researchDemonstration projects, cost-benefit research Financial incentivesFinancial incentives
Expedite enhancement, alignment, coordination, Expedite enhancement, alignment, coordination, and dissemination of standards and dissemination of standards
Continue to designate standardsContinue to designate standards
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Accelerate adoption and useAccelerate adoption and use
Promote use of standards in NIH-funded clinical Promote use of standards in NIH-funded clinical research networksresearch networks NIH Roadmap priority: NIH Roadmap priority: Re-engineering the clinical Re-engineering the clinical
research enterpriseresearch enterprise
Encourage manufacturers to include LOINC in Encourage manufacturers to include LOINC in device output/test kit packagingdevice output/test kit packaging Need help to identify manufacturers important to public Need help to identify manufacturers important to public
health communityhealth community
Collaborate with other HHS agencies to support Collaborate with other HHS agencies to support demonstration/testingdemonstration/testing
Accelerate adoption and use of standardsAccelerate adoption and use of standards
** Expedite enhancement, alignment, coordination, Expedite enhancement, alignment, coordination, and dissemination of standards, e.g., and dissemination of standards, e.g., Set up robust, nimble process for responding to Set up robust, nimble process for responding to
feedback from use of standardsfeedback from use of standards Align HL7 messages with vocabulariesAlign HL7 messages with vocabularies Support/co-ordinate inter-vocabulary mappingSupport/co-ordinate inter-vocabulary mapping Standardize procedures for updating and distributing Standardize procedures for updating and distributing
Continue to designate standardsContinue to designate standards
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Unified Medical Language SystemUnified Medical Language System®® (UMLS (UMLS®®) ) MetathesaurusMetathesaurus®® - - a a vocabularyvocabulary database database
preservespreserves the the meaningsmeanings, hierarchical connections, , hierarchical connections, and other relationships between terms present in and other relationships between terms present in its source vocabulariesits source vocabularies
addsadds certain basic definitional certain basic definitional informationinformation about about each of its conceptseach of its concepts
establishesestablishes new relationshipsnew relationships between concepts between concepts and terms from different source vocabulariesand terms from different source vocabularies
distributes many vocabularies in a common, distributes many vocabularies in a common, explicit formatexplicit format
UMLS Source “Vocabularies”
Widely varying purposes, structures, properties, Widely varying purposes, structures, properties, but all are in essence “sets of valid values” for but all are in essence “sets of valid values” for data elements:data elements: HIPAA code sets, e.g., ICD-9-CM, CPTHIPAA code sets, e.g., ICD-9-CM, CPT NCVHS and CHI recommended clinical standards, e.g., NCVHS and CHI recommended clinical standards, e.g.,
SNOMED CT, LOINC, RxNormSNOMED CT, LOINC, RxNorm Thesauri for biomedical literature, e.g., MeSHThesauri for biomedical literature, e.g., MeSH Other lists of controlled terms, e.g., HL7 value setsOther lists of controlled terms, e.g., HL7 value sets
3)3) ~3,030,000 source vocabulary terms~3,030,000 source vocabulary terms 111 source vocabularies111 source vocabularies 15 different languages15 different languages
Includes Includes activeactive SNOMED CT (English) SNOMED CT (English) Spanish will appear in 2004AB; Spanish will appear in 2004AB; inactiveinactive in 2004AC in 2004AC
Expedite enhancement, alignment, Expedite enhancement, alignment, coordination, and dissemination of standardscoordination, and dissemination of standards
UMLSUMLS®® Metathesaurus Metathesaurus®® – common distribution – common distribution format/mechanism for CHI standards - HIPAA format/mechanism for CHI standards - HIPAA code setscode sets
2004AA - UMLS distribution format changes to 2004AA - UMLS distribution format changes to supportsupport Complete “Source Transparency”Complete “Source Transparency” Easier extraction of subsets for particular purposesEasier extraction of subsets for particular purposes Complete “change sets” from previous versionsComplete “change sets” from previous versions Sophisticated, purpose-specific inter-vocabulary Sophisticated, purpose-specific inter-vocabulary
mappingmapping
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Expedite enhancement, alignment, Expedite enhancement, alignment, coordination, and dissemination of standardscoordination, and dissemination of standards
Support/co-ordinate inter-vocabulary Support/co-ordinate inter-vocabulary mappingmapping CHI standards – HIPAA code setsCHI standards – HIPAA code sets Will need to align update schedulesWill need to align update schedules
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Expedite enhancement, alignment, Expedite enhancement, alignment, coordination, and dissemination of standardscoordination, and dissemination of standards
Expand documentation, user guides, Expand documentation, user guides, training materials, tools, subsets and training materials, tools, subsets and defaults for specific purposesdefaults for specific purposes
Need help to determine what is useful for the Need help to determine what is useful for the public health communitypublic health community
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We Need You …We Need You …
There are no perfect standards – so There are no perfect standards – so there is no point in waiting for onethere is no point in waiting for one
The only good standards are heavily The only good standards are heavily used standardsused standards Real use identifies flaws and short-comingsReal use identifies flaws and short-comings Useful feedback suggests how to fix themUseful feedback suggests how to fix them