Clinical encounter heterogeneity and methods for resolving in networked EHR data: a study from N3C and RECOVER programs.
Clinical encounter data are heterogeneous and vary greatly from institution to institution. These problems of variance affect interpretability and usability of clinical encounter data for analysis. These problems are magnified when multisite electronic health record (EHR) data are networked together. This article presents a novel, generalizable method for resolving encounter heterogeneity for analysis by combining related atomic encounters into composite "macrovisits."
Author(s): Leese, Peter, Anand, Adit, Girvin, Andrew, Manna, Amin, Patel, Saaya, Yoo, Yun Jae, Wong, Rachel, Haendel, Melissa, Chute, Christopher G, Bennett, Tellen, Hajagos, Janos, Pfaff, Emily, Moffitt, Richard
DOI: 10.1093/jamia/ocad057