Language

English

Publication Date

4-19-2023

Journal

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

DOI

10.1093/jamia/ocad030

PMID

36882092

PMCID

PMC10114031

PubMedCentral® Posted Date

3-7-2023

PubMedCentral® Full Text Version

Post-print

Abstract

The development of phenotypes using electronic health records is a resource-intensive process. Therefore, the cataloging of phenotype algorithm metadata for reuse is critical to accelerate clinical research. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has developed a standard for phenotype metadata collection which is currently used in the VA phenomics knowledgebase library, CIPHER (Centralized Interactive Phenomics Resource), to capture over 5000 phenotypes. The CIPHER standard improves upon existing phenotype library metadata collection by capturing the context of algorithm development, phenotyping method used, and approach to validation. While the standard was iteratively developed with VA phenomics experts, it is applicable to the capture of phenotypes across healthcare systems. We describe the framework of the CIPHER standard for phenotype metadata collection, the rationale for its development, and its current application to the largest healthcare system in the United States.

Keywords

United States, Phenomics, Electronic Health Records, Phenotype, Algorithms, Metadata, electronic health records, phenomics, algorithms, library collection development

Published Open-Access

yes

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