Networking and Health Information Exchange / Basic Health Data Standards

Application Activities, Instructor Guidelines, and Expected Outcomes

Application 1: Go to the NCI URL (https://cabig.nci.nih.gov/concepts/caDSR/ ) and

explore the tools that are available. Choose 5 clinical data elements. Are they included
in caDSR?

Instructor Guidelines for Application 1: The purpose of this application is to become

familiar with data elements.

Expected Outcomes for Application 1:

CDE Browser: Start with this tool to explore the contents of the caDSR. The tool
supports browsing, searching, and exporting CDEs within or across contexts. You
do not need an account to use the CDE Browser.
UML Model Browser: Use this tool to browse and search UML Models loaded in
the caDSR. This allows users to find Administered Items that are part of
registered UML models. You do not need an account to use the UML Model
Browser.
caDSR Freestyle Search: Use this tool to perform weighted semantic searches
on the content of Administered Items in the caDSR. The search terms and
phrases need not exactly match items in the database. Information about items
searched and results is available on the Freestyle Search wiki page.
CDE Curation Tool: Context administrators use this tool to create and edit Data
Element Concepts, Value Domains, and Data Elements. An account is required
to create and edit, and you must have curatorial authority for your Context. No
login is required to query CDEs and their components. Searching for CDEs using
a concept is now supported.
Form Builder: Use this tool to organize CDEs in forms that replicate the content
of Case Report Forms and other forms.
Semantic Integration Workbench (SIW): Use SIW to help in adding consistent
metadata to a UML model by matching its concepts with similar items from the
NCI Thesaurus. This is a prerequisite to running the UML Loader.
caDSR Sentinel Tool: Use this tool to create and manage Alert Definitions for the
caDSR database, in order to receive email alerts and thus monitor changes to
Administered Items. Information about what is monitored and reported and how
reports may be set up is available on the caDSR Sentinel Tool wiki page.
caDSR Administration Tool: Context and central caDSR administrators use this
tool as the main administrative interface to all caDSR features and components.
You must have an account to use this tool and appropriate privileges for each
function. This tool is accessible only within the NIH intranet.

Application 2: Using the outline for a CDA, create a section for reporting a height and a
weight measurement.
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This material Comp9_Unit4 was developed by Duke University, funded by the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the
National Coordinator for Health Information Technology under Award Number IU24OC000024.
Instructor Guidelines for Application 2: The purpose of this application is to do be able to
create a CDA.

Expected Outcomes for Application 2:

There are different ways of answering this question. The simplest answer is just to use
text.
<physical examination>
<height> 68 inches </height>
<weight> 175 pounds </weight>
</physical examination>
Other solutions could look up a LOINC code, separate value and units.

Health IT Workforce Curriculum Networking and Health Information Exchange

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Version 3.0 / Spring 2012 Basic Health Data Standards
Lecture a,b,c,d,e, and f

This material Comp9_Unit4 was developed by Duke University, funded by the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the
National Coordinator for Health Information Technology under Award Number IU24OC000024.