The use of SNOMED CT to support retrieval and re-use of Question and Answer Sets for patient registries. (23rd May 2011)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Richesson, Rachel L.; Shereff, Denise; Spisla, Christine; Albarracin, Narciso; Konicek, Debra; Andrews, James
• Is Part Of: International journal of functional informatics and personalised medicine. Volume 3:Number 4(2010)
• Page Start: 342
• Page End: 365
• Publication Date: 2011-05-23
• Subjects: metadata -- clinical research -- questions -- registry QAS -- question and answer sets -- library -- standards -- rare diseases -- Dublin Core -- SNOMED CT -- controlled vocabularies -- controlled terminologies -- encoding -- indexing -- patient registries -- PAG -- patient advocacy groups -- health advocacy organisations -- standardisation -- clinical terms -- QAS retrieval -- QAS re-use; Biomedical engineering -- Periodicals; Bioinformatics -- Periodicals; 610.28
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1756-2104

Abstract

Patient registries are a valuable research tool for understanding disease and can support new therapies. Diverse registry models, sponsors, and data requirements complicate efforts for the standardisation of registry Questions And Answer Sets (QAS). Bottom-up standardisation can be achieved by facilitating the re-use of existing questions through the use of searchable metadata coded using controlled terminologies. This paper describes the Patient Registry Item Specifications and Metadata for Rare Diseases (PRISM) library of registry questions representing a variety of rare diseases. PRISM uses the Dublin Core (DC) and the Systematised Nomenclature of Medicine Clinical Terms (SNOMED CT).