The iCRF Generator: Generating interoperable electronic case report forms using online codebooks [version 2; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations]
Semantic interoperability of clinical data is essential to preserve its meaning and intent when the data is exchanged, re-used or integrated with other data. Achieving semantic operability requires the use of a communication standard, such as HL7, as well as (functional) information standards. Manua...
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| description | Semantic interoperability of clinical data is essential to preserve its meaning and intent when the data is exchanged, re-used or integrated with other data. Achieving semantic operability requires the use of a communication standard, such as HL7, as well as (functional) information standards. Manually mapping clinical data to a medical thesaurus, such as SNOMED CT, is complicated and requires expert knowledge of both the dataset, including its context, and the thesaurus. As an alternative, the (re-)use of codebooks, data definitions which may already have been mapped to a thesaurus, can be a viable approach. We’ve developed the iCRF Generator, a Java program that can generate the core of an interoperable electronic case report form (iCRF) for several of the major electronic data capture systems (EDCs). To build their CRFs, users can select one or more items from established codebooks, available from an online system called ART-DECOR. By providing an easy to use method to create CRFs for multiple EDCs based on the same codebooks, interoperability can be more easily attained. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9f70404a4a704806bb3474366f7269a62022-12-22T00:52:53ZengF1000 Research LtdF1000Research2046-14022020-03-01910.12688/f1000research.21576.225280The iCRF Generator: Generating interoperable electronic case report forms using online codebooks [version 2; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations]Sander de Ridder0Jeroen A.M. Beliën1Department of Pathology, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, 1081 HV, The NetherlandsDepartment of Pathology, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, 1081 HV, The NetherlandsSemantic interoperability of clinical data is essential to preserve its meaning and intent when the data is exchanged, re-used or integrated with other data. Achieving semantic operability requires the use of a communication standard, such as HL7, as well as (functional) information standards. Manually mapping clinical data to a medical thesaurus, such as SNOMED CT, is complicated and requires expert knowledge of both the dataset, including its context, and the thesaurus. As an alternative, the (re-)use of codebooks, data definitions which may already have been mapped to a thesaurus, can be a viable approach. We’ve developed the iCRF Generator, a Java program that can generate the core of an interoperable electronic case report form (iCRF) for several of the major electronic data capture systems (EDCs). To build their CRFs, users can select one or more items from established codebooks, available from an online system called ART-DECOR. By providing an easy to use method to create CRFs for multiple EDCs based on the same codebooks, interoperability can be more easily attained.https://f1000research.com/articles/9-81/v2 |
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| title | The iCRF Generator: Generating interoperable electronic case report forms using online codebooks [version 2; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations] |
| title_full | The iCRF Generator: Generating interoperable electronic case report forms using online codebooks [version 2; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations] |
| title_fullStr | The iCRF Generator: Generating interoperable electronic case report forms using online codebooks [version 2; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations] |
| title_full_unstemmed | The iCRF Generator: Generating interoperable electronic case report forms using online codebooks [version 2; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations] |
| title_short | The iCRF Generator: Generating interoperable electronic case report forms using online codebooks [version 2; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations] |
| title_sort | icrf generator generating interoperable electronic case report forms using online codebooks version 2 peer review 2 approved 1 approved with reservations |
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