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Desiderata for the development of next-generation electronic health record phenotype libraries
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Jennifer A Pacheco,
Helen Parkinson,
Rachel L Richesson,
Emily Jefferson,
Spiros Denaxas,
Vasa Curcin
GigaScience, Volume: 10, Issue: 9
Swansea University Author:
Daniel Thayer
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DOI (Published version): 10.1093/gigascience/giab059
Abstract
BackgroundHigh-quality phenotype definitions are desirable to enable the extraction of patient cohorts from large electronic health record repositories and are characterized by properties such as portability, reproducibility, and validity. Phenotype libraries, where definitions are stored, have the...
| Published in: | GigaScience |
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| ISSN: | 2047-217X |
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Oxford University Press (OUP)
2021
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa58307 |
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BackgroundHigh-quality phenotype definitions are desirable to enable the extraction of patient cohorts from large electronic health record repositories and are characterized by properties such as portability, reproducibility, and validity. Phenotype libraries, where definitions are stored, have the potential to contribute significantly to the quality of the definitions they host. In this work, we present a set of desiderata for the design of a next-generation phenotype library that is able to ensure the quality of hosted definitions by combining the functionality currently offered by disparate tooling.MethodsA group of researchers examined work to date on phenotype models, implementation, and validation, as well as contemporary phenotype libraries developed as a part of their own phenomics communities. Existing phenotype frameworks were also examined. This work was translated and refined by all the authors into a set of best practices.ResultsWe present 14 library desiderata that promote high-quality phenotype definitions, in the areas of modelling, logging, validation, and sharing and warehousing.ConclusionsThere are a number of choices to be made when constructing phenotype libraries. Our considerations distil the best practices in the field and include pointers towards their further development to support portable, reproducible, and clinically valid phenotype design. The provision of high-quality phenotype definitions enables electronic health record data to be more effectively used in medical domains. |
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| Keywords: |
electronic health records; EHR-based phenotyping; computable phenotype; phenotype library |
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Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences |
| Funders: |
Health Data Research UK |
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9 |